Moving Up

Moving Up

2024 · 96 min · Documentary

The film follows the daily lives of residents of a community, made up of two favelas and a housing complex in São Paulo, which is about to undergo an urbanization process. However, possible urbanization generates resistance from residents of the most valued area of the neighborhood, in a movement known as “Not in my backyard”.

Directed by Gustavo Ribeiro · Written by Gustavo Ribeiro

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