Dance in Film · 2005
Favela Rising (2005)
The AfroReggae story shows dance, drumming and organized performance functioning as community infrastructure rather than decorative culture.
Favela Rising is a 2005 dance documentary centred on ballroom and social dance. For dancers, it's a chance to see the style performed on screen — the phrasing, partnering, and musicality that the same dances carry onto a real floor.
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Trailer
Official trailer.
The dance sequences in Favela Rising
2 sequences — what is danced, by whom, and where to find it.
Sá and young protégés performance footage
Afro-Brazilian danceDanced by Anderson Sá; young Grupo Cultural AfroReggae performers
Sá and the young performers dancing while everyday containers become drums.
Collective singing and dance move with percussion struck on cans, plastic bottles, and other found objects, embodying cultural action as public performance.
Open the film at this point · Stream or rental only — the timestamp is for when you have it playing. No edition-specific timestamp was inferred. Roku's current U.S. page lists the 2005 80-minute documentary for rent on Prime Video and Apple TV. Apple, Metacritic, and Chlotrudis label the U.S. release 2006, so timing was not transferred across editions.
Vigário Geral AfroReggae show montage
Breaking (B-Boying / B-Girling)Danced by Grupo Cultural AfroReggae
The shift from a drum group to fully staged shows with break dancing, modern dance, costumes, lighting, and sets.
Break dancing is woven into AfroReggae's gradually expanding Vigário Geral shows, making youth virtuosity part of the movement's alternative to the gang economy.
Open the film at this point · Stream or rental only — the timestamp is for when you have it playing. No edition-specific timestamp was inferred. Roku's current U.S. page lists the 2005 80-minute documentary for rent on Prime Video and Apple TV. Apple, Metacritic, and Chlotrudis label the U.S. release 2006, so timing was not transferred across editions.
Poster artwork from TMDB.
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