BUS
174
Dir: Jose Padilha, Brazil, 2002, 120 minutes.
On
Valentine's Day 2000, Sandro Nascimento hijacked a
bus in the Jardim Botantic district of Rio de Janeiro;
taking hostage of the passengers and provoking a police
standoff that was broadcasted live on television for
four and a half hours. The documentary also explores
the background of hijacker, a street kid who not only
witnessed the murder of his mother but had also survived
a massacre of homeless children.
Mon, 29 Nov 8:15pm - Ritzy Cinema &
Wed, 01 Dec 2:00pm, Odeon Panton Street.
CARANDIRU.DOC
Dir:
Rita Buzzar, Brazil, 2002, 54 minutes.
A
meditation on the relationship among reality, documentary
and fiction, from the shootings of the former feature
film Carandiru, directed by Hector Babenco. The crew
found the contrasting views of extras about the fictional
reconstruction of reality, as they found out that
most of them had been former inmates -or their relatives-
of the Detention House in Sao Paolo, the stage of
the 1992 October massacre.
Sun, 28 Nov 2:00pm - Odeon Panton Street.
Book
now!
Panton
Street 0871 224 4007 www.odeon.co.uk
Ritzy 0207 733 2229 www.picturehouses.co.uk
Tickets : £8 / £6 (most sessions - please
confirm with the venue)
