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Barronhos - Quem Teve Medo do Poder Popular? (1976)

Barronhos - Quem Teve Medo do Poder Popular? poster
Directed by
Luís Filipe Rocha
Genre
documentary film
Country
Portugal
Runtime
52 min
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This documentary from 1976 looks at the Barronhos shantytown on the outskirts of Lisbon. It raises social and ethical questions about the lives and struggles of the people living there.

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What happens

Barronhos: Quem tem medo do poder popular? (1976) é um documentário português de média-metragem de Luís Filipe Rocha, um filme militante que põe em causa questões sociais e éticas associadas a um bairro de lata da periferia de Lisboa: Barronhos, o Bairro 18 de Maio, em Carnaxide. Estreia em Lisboa no cinema Universal a 19 de Junho de 1976. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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