
About the Rocinha favela, the largest in Rio de Janeiro. A camera tour reveals their paths and intimacies, while the speech of their residents points to the solution of the urbanization of the favelas, in contrast to the removal proposal, a threat that hangs over everyone.
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URBANA TeVé is a free signal which broadcasts from the neighborhood Padre Carlos Mugica, better known as Villa 31, in Buenos Aires. A community channel for cultural and social expressions from a neighborhood where the struggle for urbanization is key for all its inhabitants.
0.0In the shanty town called the Cabbage Patch, Mrs. Wiggs scrabbles for survival with her brood of children and hopes for the return of her husband, who left many years before.
6.8At the height of the Great Depression, Tommy's mother has been out of work for months when Eddie's father loses his job. Eager not to burden their parents, the two high school sophomores decide to hop the freight trains and look for work.
7.3Once upon a time a wise and kind old woman discovers a baby in her cabbage patch. She brings up the child and, when she dies, the boy, Totò, enters an orphanage. Totò leaves the orphanage a happy young man, and looks for work in post-war Milan. He ends up with the homeless and organizes them to build a shanty town in a vacant lot. But when greedy developers threaten the community’s land, Totò will need all the help he can get in order to find an impossible way out.
6.0Skippy, the mischievous son of a wealthy doctor, meets Sooky in poverty-ridden Shantytown, and together they try to save Sooky's pet from a cruel dogcatcher.
6.8Bill takes Trina into his depression camp cabin. Later, just as he finds showgirl LaRue who will support him, Trina becomes pregnant.
7.0A story about the life of a young girl living with her mother in the slums of Manila, which becomes unbearable when her mother's young boyfriend moves in with them.
6.2A penniless, fast-thinking musician buys a lottery ticket which he glues to his back door, in hopes of eventually retrieving his instrument from his exasperating landlady. —but the ticket wins...
7.0Seville, Spain. Juan Santos, a convicted petty criminal, gets out of jail for a day to celebrate with Triana, his wife, the first communion of their daughter Estrella.
0.0When the collection of short stories by I.E.Babel "Konarmiya" was published, S.M. Budyonny became one of its first readers. The "horse army" infuriated him. Budyonny called the essays slanderous speculation and threatened to personally hack Babel with a saber. Defending the writer, Gorky wrote: "He showed the fighters of the First Cavalry better, more truthfully than Gogol — Zaporozhtsev." The writer was saved that time. But on May 16, 1939, no one could help Babel anymore. The writer was arrested. He ended up in the most terrible NKVD prison, Sukhanovskaya. Few people managed to get out alive.…
6.2They created and performed the iconic action sequences of 007, Indiana Jones, Superman, Rambo, Star Wars, Conan, the Alien films and pretty much everything since. They crashed cars, jumped from burning buildings, shot, stabbed, kicked and punched their way into cinema history. This is the first feature documentary to unite the legendary community of stuntmen in telling their story and, as you'll see, there's life in the old dogs yet.
7.130 years ago, on June 23rd, 1991, Sonic the Hedgehog was released on the SEGA Genesis, beginning a new era of gaming. Since then, Sonic has been running through countless zones, beating badniks, and saving the world with the help of his friends. This performance is to thank you, all of you, for being there every step of the way, and to remind us all of the amazing journey we've been on. Happy 30th Anniversary, Sonic!
0.0A documentary about deconstructing what seems complex to create something simple, something meaningful. The documentary introduces Alice, who co-wrote the script with the director. A surfer, skateboarder, artist and transgender woman born in Maceió, in the Northeast of Brazil, Alice builds her identity and finds ways to exist in a society still marked by prejudice and violence.
0.0The authors selected four of the most popular sports in Russia. And their brightest "stars" who survived the "conflicts of the century." Biathlete Alexander Tikhonov, football player Pavel Sadyrin, hockey player Alexander Mogilny, chess player Viktor Korchnoi. They confronted, each at his own time, rivals, outdated rules, and even the political system...
7.3A visionary new documentary exploring the final decade of John Lennon's life in extraordinary detail. Follow the legend as he evolves beyond The Beatles, creating revolutionary music and standing at the forefront of anti-war protests that would make him one of the most influential pop culture icons of all time.
0.0There are public places in Cuba where the gay community meets secretly. The link between the director and these places provokes conflicts that force him to return to the “potajeras”. In this journey, the director's feelings of love and hate for these places are intertwined.
Find out how the spectacular music inspired the animation, and learn more about the development of the characters—such as how Ursula ended up being a big octopus—and how the memorable song "Part of Your World" almost got cut from the film.
7.0John and Yoko in the presidential suite at the Hilton Amsterdam, which they had decorated with hand-drawn signs above their bed reading "Bed Peace." They invited the global press into their room to discuss peace for 12 hours every day.
6.0Suzanne's life was turned upside down when a Bigfoot ran across the road in front of her one night. As she tries to understand what she's seen the creature arrives at her doorstep and sends her into a downward spiral looking for answers.
6.2A Directv and Guitar Center documentary highlighting the iconic rock guitarist, Slash. Featuring interviews with Dave Grohl, Joe Perry, Alice Cooper, Duff Mckagan, Nikki Sixx, and many more...