Bus 174

Bus 174 Portuguese nibus 174 is a Brazilian documentary film released on October 22, 2002. It is the debut film of director Jos Padilha and codirector Felipe Lacerda. Sandro do Nascimento, a young man from a poor background, held passengers on a bus hostage for four hours. The event was caught live on television. The movie examines the incident and what life is like in the slums and favelas of Rio de Janeiro and how the criminal justice system in Brazil treats the lower classes. Within the film, Padilha interviews former and current street children, members of the Rio police force, the Rio BOPE police team, family members, and sociologists in order to gain insight into what led Nascimento to carry out the hijacking.

After its release in 2002 at the So Paulo Film Festival, Bus 174 was shown around the world, in many films festivals from Rio de Janeiro to Netherlands, and the Philippines. It received critical acclaim, and was presented with awards such as the 2004 Peabody Award and the Amnesty Award, in the Netherlands.Bus 174 was voted one of the ten best films of the year by The New York Times. It has won overprizes worldwide, including an Emmy Award for Outstanding Cultural amp Artistic Programming in 2005 after being shown on HBOCinemax with great success, and the Amnesty Award in the Netherlands and a Peabody Award. ........

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