Cause of Protest
This violent event sparked the massive protest seen in the documentary.
What is a deadly police raid?
The strength the community shows despite repeated violence.
What is resilience?
How residents described the police in their neighborhood.
What is like a military invasion?
The main strategy used by residents in their protest.
What is a peaceful mass demonstration?
This stereotype the protest directly challenges
What is the idea that favela residents are criminals
Residents say this type of policing is making their neighborhood feel like a battlefield.
What is militarized policing?
This is the residents' main demand after the raid.
What is justice?
The common justification the police give for raids.
What is fighting crime or drug trafficking?
The symbolic color worn during the protest.
This unequal distribution affects who feel safe in the city.
What is unequal policing?
This long-standing pattern of treatment made the raid feel like a breaking point.
What is years of state violence & neglect?
The things residents were fighting for.
What are justice, safety, and dignity?
The disconnect between state "security" and lived experience.
What is protection vs fear?
How public grieving became a strategy.
What is showing the human cost of police violence?
This broader issue the protest reveals about city life.
What is urban inequality?
The main thing residents were fighting against.
What is state violence & criminalization of their neighborhood?
Why personal testimonies mattered.
What is making the violence human, not just statistics?
How policing highlights racial and class inequality.
What is more aggressive policing of poor, most likely Black communities?
How do residents reclaim power in the protest?
What is taking over public space and demanding visibility?
What the state values according to the documentary
What is some lives over others?
Why residents felt protest was necessary.
What is to demand visibility & justice when official channels fail?
How residents showed solidarity in the marches.
What is marching together, wearing white, and honoring the dead?
Why the state often avoids accountability.
What is institutional bias and lack of oversight?
Whether their actions can be considered an urban revolution.
What is yes, because they demand systematic change?
Why the favelas struggle is part of a larger fight for urban justice.
What is it connects race, policing, housing and rights?