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200180 minPGdocumentary

7.8/ 10(13 ratings)• TMDB

Poverty Civil Rights Social Justice Urban Gentrification

Babilônia 2000

200180 minPGdocumentary

7.8/ 10(13 ratings)• TMDB

Explore Rio's slum life during the evocative New Year's Eve of 1999.

“A new millennium”

Poverty Civil Rights Social Justice Urban Gentrification

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Eduardo Coutinho

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Explore Rio's slum life during the evocative New Year's Eve of 1999.

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Eduardo Coutinho

Eduardo Coutinhodirector

Benedita da Silva

Benedita da Silvacast

Eduardo Coutinho

Eduardo Coutinhocast

Jorge Dos Santoscast

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Documentary on poor people living in a slum in Rio de Janeiro, on the occasion of New Year's Eve of 1999.

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