Gringo on the Slum
2015 · 27m · N/A
Documentary
Directed by
Bruno Graziano
,
Marjorie Niele
Overview
Documentary about the foreign tourism in Rocinha, the biggest Latin America's favela, which receives about 3.000 foreign tourists per month. They come to Rocinha looking for the most varied aspects, from the poorness to the violence, from the geography to the architecture, from the viewing to the atmosphere, from the curiosity to the welfarism.
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