Spirit of the Favela is an extraordinary cabaret of live music, dance, and acrobatic performance celebrating the spirit of ...

As part of a delegation to Brazil, I saw how our countries’ respective struggles to maintain and expand reproductive justice ...

Writer-director Walter Thompson-Hernandez counterbalances violence with magic realism in his outside-the-box first feature, ...

Kites director Walter Thompson-Hernandez on his unconventional way of shooting his Tribeca film in the favelas of Rio de ...

A South African woman shared her eye-opening experience of visiting Brazil's Favela in a TikTok video. The clip sparked mixed ...

Brazilian creatives are passionate about their work, but also about the industry as a whole. Andre Chaves isfounder of Papel ...

Brazilian police arrested at least 11 people during an early morning operation against drug trafficking in Rio de Janeiro favelas ...

Thompson-Hernández hopped on a Zoom call with me a few days ahead of Kites’ Tribeca world premiere on June 6. Below, find the ...

Summer was fast approaching — it starts in December in Brazil — and ... with Teto Verde Favela. "Everyone deserves to have access to green roofs, especially people who live in heat islands.

Brazil has 16.390 million people living in favelas countrywide. The amount represents 8.1 percent of the national population (203M)—in other words, eight out of every 100 people live in these areas.

Brazil has 16,390 million people living in favelas and urban communities. This represents 8,1% of the country's total of 203 million inhabitants, that is, eight out of every 100 people live in these ...

This is in no way a romanticisation of gangs in favelas. Drug-related crimes are devastating to the people of Brazil and should not be glamourised. But there are nuances that must be understood ...