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SUMMARY:Lecture and Documentary: &quot\;Favela Rising&quot\; - Joe Piper
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CONTACT:Joe Piper
DESCRIPTION:"FairTrade cocaine" is a development education project that's 
 been launched\nin Cambridge. We run and design workshops and presentations
  about the\ncocaine supply chain\, in particular looking at Favela life an
 d the teenage\ndrug gangs of Rio.\n\n"Drugs are bad for you\, so don't tak
 e them." Young people have been fed\nthis message for years\, with largely
  disappointing results. But there is a\nmore important\, global message wh
 en it comes to drugs\, one which is rarely\nheard by young people (or inde
 ed adults) in this country. It goes something\nlike: "When you take cocain
 e in Britain\, you're actually killing child\nsoldiers in the drug armies 
 of South American slums." We believe this is a\npowerful\, ethical message
 \, reinforced by recent films such as City of God\,\nMaria Full of Grace a
 nd Favela Rising. It is a message we would like to\nspread. There is no "F
 airTrade" cocaine.\n\nIf you would like to get involved\, come at 7.45pm t
 o the film or\npresentation afterwards. We already collaborate and run you
 th workshops\nwith Harambee\, a local Cambridge based youth development ch
 arity.\n\nOne night in a favela\, an impoverished barrio on the outskirts 
 of Rio de\nJaneiro\, an infamous druglord shot and killed four policemen\,
  launching\nwhat the favela residents refer to as "The Massacre": in retal
 iation\, the\nmilitary police\, known for their oppressive corruption\, ma
 de a sadistic\nsurprise attack on the community and slaughtered 21 of its 
 innocent\ncitizens. Short-listed for an Academy Award in 2005 for Best Doc
 umentary\,\nFavela Rising focuses on Anderson Sá\, the brother of one of 
 the victims.\nInstead of seeking revenge by further entrenching himself in
  drug\ntrafficking-often the only mode of survival for those living in the
 \nfavelas-he began to wonder how to counteract this cycle of violence.
LOCATION:Ramsden Room
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