Inside the Mind of Favela Funk
Director Fleur Beemster, Elise Roodenburg
Countries Netherlands
Duration 68 min
Synopsis
The film aims to find the relation between the “favela funk” lyrics (extremely popular pornographic music from Rio de Janeiro’s deprived neighborhoods) and the (love) lives of the favela youth, dominated by a subculture of drug gangs, violence and sex.
The film aims to find the relation between the “favela funk” lyrics (extremely popular pornographic music from Rio de Janeiro’s deprived neighborhoods) and the (love) lives of the favela youth, dominated by a subculture of drug gangs, violence and sex.