20.05.2014 - 02:05 [ Norient ]

Funk is Culture – Music Politics in Brazil

One Month before FIFA World Cup in Brazil starts one can everywhere read about the «pacification» of Rio‘s favelas. Therefore police or militias causes deep ruptures in the social fabric of the communities. Some weeks ago Bruno Muniz from Rio uploaded the upsetting documentary «Funk is culture – Music Politics in Rio de Janeiro» on YouTube. He shows us, how the baile funk culture is affected by this policy