Falcão – Meninos do Tráfico (2006)

Original title

Falcão: Meninos do Tráfico

Directed by

MV Bill

Genre

documentary film

Country

Brazil

Runtime

58 min

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows young boys living in Brazilian favelas who work as lookouts and dealers for drug gangs. Filmed over eight years, it shows the dangerous conditions and limited choices these children face.

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What happens

Falcão – Meninos do Tráfico (English: Falcon: Drug Trafficking’s Boys) is a Brazilian documentary television film directed by rapper MV Bill and Celso Athayde, and associate produced by Central Única das Favelas, about the life of young favela dwellers who work with drug trafficking. The documentary was recorded between 1998 and 2006, when the producers visited various poor communities in Brazil. During the recordings the two producers had to face the hostile environment where the boys lived. The name of the documentary comes from the term "falcão" (falcon) used in the slums to refer to the lookouts who keep watch over the community and inform when the police or a rival group approaches. The film gained special attention after it was transmitted by Rede Globo, the largest television network in the country, in its popular weekly TV show Fantástico. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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