Welcome to Rio is a three-part observational series about the favela's in Rio De Janeiro, this documentary was broadcast on BBC2 during may and june 2014.
The first episode 'peace' follows two men, Rocky who is not your ordinary delievery man who carries anything from fridges to ovens on his back up the steep stair cases of the favela, just to support his family. Also Acme who is a graffiti artist living in the same favela, they are shown goinng about their day to day lives, and also dealing with the threats of the drug traffickers and pacification by the goverment.
The second episode 'war' looks at two diiferent favela's, Complexo da Maré and Complexo do Lins to see the effects of the drug controlled favelas being pacified by the goverment for the world cup and the olympic games.
Finally there third episode 'Ingenuity' shows a variety of characters and their different ways of surviving in Rio's poorest areas.
This documentary was made to show the way that the building of the world cup stadium and olympic stadium was effecting the poorer people in Rio, who live in the favela's. The Goverment wanted to take control of the favela's and pacify them to make them safe for tourist, however this documentary shows how it's effecting the residents and what they're doing about it.
By giving an insight into the personal lives of the people living in the favela's the audience is able to gain an understanding of what its like living here.
This documentary was an observational documentary as the the makers follow the subjects around and enable us to watch what they are doing, whilst also providing factual information through the narrative.
I think the target audience would be British between the ages 20-30 and most likely male as this documentary shows the effect the world cup is having on people living in Rio, and many British men around this time would be interesting in going to Rio in order to watch the world cup, not knowing how it's affecting local residents.
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