The follow-up to a critically acclaimed film, City of God: The Fight Rages On is an essential TV show under the HBO banner ...

It seems a hopeless place, much like its namesake movie that’s competing for four Academy Awards — dusty and unrelentingly hot, with rotting wooden shacks and chickens scratching at piles of fetid ...

Rio's Slum Literature Festival (FLUPP) began on Tuesday (Nov. 8) and celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Cidade de Deus favela community, spotlighted in Fernando Meirelles's 2002 film, City of God.

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Details: 2002, Rest of the world, Cert 18, 129 mins Direction: Fernando Meirelles Summary: Rocket is a poor black kid who lives in the notorious Cidade de Deus housing project in Rio de Janeiro.

Story by Sean Coppack, CNN, video by Sean Coppack, Cameron Bauer and Patricia Valeriano de Medeiros Rio de Janeiro’s notorious Cidade de Deus favela was immortalized in the 2002 film bearing its name ...

Cidade de Deus (City of God) is a housing project built in the 1960s that–in the early 80s–became one of the most dangerous places in Rio de Janeiro. The tale tells the stories of many characters ...