Synopsis

For 20 years, a subculture in Brazil has emerged under society’s radar. Favela on Blast tells the stories of sex, love, poverty and pride for Rio’s marginalized people. They have their own language, style, and heroes. It’s a movie that's fast, heavy and violent like the city itself. This film is a flash of a few lives of charismatic people that relate to the funk music and a retelling of the subculture itself. Favela on Blast shows the culture surrounding ‘Funk Carioca’, a musical rhythm that mixes the American electronic funk of the 1980’s with the most diverse influences of Brazilian music. It is one of the most interesting musical movements in the world, and it comes from one of the most violent and poorest places too: the slums of Rio de Janeiro. Bombastic rhythms coming from the Miami Bass and loops and samples are united to powerful rap vocal using Brazilian slang. This is music that is designed to be listened to as loud as possible and with high bass pumping through the tropical nights of Rio. Wesley Pentz (Diplo), teamed up with Leandro HBL in 2005 to tell the story of the MC’s, DJ’s, dancers, and cultural producers who have spent their lives in the favela and are creating this vibrant scene. Together, they visited 60 favelas and conducted more than 100 interviews in order to explore the culture that surrounds Funk Carioca. In doing so, they have created a portrait of a subculture that defines the youth of Rio’s dismissed population. It’s music that is crass, dirty, violent and loud – but regardless, it is the soundtrack of their lives.

감독

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  • 린드로
  • 1977년 브라질에서 태어난 린드로는 1996년 Mosquito Video & Design을 설립하고 크리에이티브 디렉터로 활동했다. 1998년 쿠바로 무대를 옮겨 영화 및 TV 학교에서 촬영을 공부한 후 2003년에서 2006년까지는 FABRICA의 시청각 부서에서 일하며 사진, 비디오, 영화, 설치미술 등의 크리에이티브 기획을 맡았다.​

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  • 웨슬리 팬츠
  • 미국 출신인 웨슬리 펜츠는 2002년부터 전자 음악으로 활동을 시작했다. 컴퓨터와 음악, 예술에 관련된 강의를 하기도 했으며 뮤직 비디오 조연출, 촬영으로도 일한 바 있다. 2006년 음악, 영화, 멀티미디어와 음반 레이블인 Mad Decent LLC를 창립했으며 전세계 수많은 도시에서 DJ로 활약하고 있다.