City Of God Essay!

Question: City Of God has been highly praised for raising awareness whilst also criticised for exploiting suffering. Where do you stand on this debate?

In the film of 'City Of God' by Fernando Meirelles there are many main themes running through it including violence, drugs, gun crime, death, poverty and very poor living conditions. This film is set in a Favela in Rio De Janeiro in a area called City Of God.

-The characters got paid minimum wage for the acting they did. This exploits and takes advantage of them. POS=== he used un famous people and now they are famous as have other parts in films which =gives the notion of escpaing the favela
-Made as a film not a documentary and uses un famous people to reinforce this notion.
- Raises awarness for Brazil about the favelas and hows bad they actually are
-Even though Meirelles said "Taratino uses violence as an amusement, simething funny and spectacular. City Of God does the opposite." even though he states this characters pose with guns and get money through the gum culture . POS===== even though it may glamourise gang culture it also shows the consequences. worst consequence off all which is death.