Surfing Favela

Tuesday 30 November 2010 Shot in Cantagalo and Rocinha, two impoverished areas of Rio de Janiero, this short documentary will open your eyes to a lot of things. Rocinha – population 250,000 - is considered the the biggest slum (Favela) in Rio. Instead of evangalising and lecturing, the film is a rich and sensitive portrayal of the small things being done by a group of surfers to bodily pull the youth of their community from the dark pain-scoured underworld of degradation and hopelessness. They discover surfing, the foaming bridge to freedom.