Garapa (2009)

Directed by

José Padilha

Genre

documentary film

Country

Brazil

Runtime

1h 50m

Rating

8.2 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Three families in northeastern Brazil are followed over several weeks as they cope with a lack of food. The documentary shows their daily routines and personal experiences of hunger.

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What happens

Garapa is a 2009 Brazilian documentary film directed by José Padilha. It follows the daily lives of three families dealing with food insecurity in Fortaleza, the state capital of Ceará in the northeastern part of Brazil, over a few weeks in order to study hunger not merely from a macroscopic perspective but rather from the perspective of those who live with it. "Garapa" refers to sugar water given to children to tide them over in times of hunger. It was filmed in black and white by cinematographer Marcela Bourseau. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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