"The displacement of impoverished black youth in the city of God and the changes incurred on a sociological level"

Rating: 9/10 (1 December 2016)

City of God is based on real events and figures; adapted from a largely biographical novel by Paulo Lins, the film uses mainly amateur actors, location shooting, and hand-held camera work to convey a sense of realism. Meirelles has discussed the film as a criticism not only of Brazilian society, but global economic forces, saying that "no country is as unfair as the world itself". And I want to discuss "The displacement of impoverished black youth in the city of God and the changes incurred on a sociological level"
In the chasing scene of the hen first the rhythm is slow and the cinematography is normal suddenly the director speeding up the rhythm by using hand-held camera movement and fast cutting to take the audience attention. When the director use extreme wide shot he want to the audience know this town is randomly build. Close up is using to showing off mentality. Low angel is use to showing the powerful of gangs for example, low angel and fast cutting both means fast of development in children's life. This film is nonlinear narrative since first scene was in 1970's since lil'ze grows up and has prospered very well and owns the city. Going with flashback to 1960's when lilze was young and how growing up. Then back to 1970's. In the first era the colors was rusty brown that's mean the golden era in this town by time in 1970 era the color look bright and saturated this mean the development of buildings and lilze gangster. While, in 1980's color become bluish this indicates war has been start between carrot gangster and lilze. Using of fast cutting montage to support the story and increasing the rhythm and temporality. Freezing frames used to interpretation. When children's killed lilze the director is want to showing us the children's with guns is dangerous then adults. This film is nonlinear narrative since first scene was in 1970's since lil'ze grows up and has prospered very well and owns the city. Going with flashback to 1960's when lilze was young and how growing up. Then back to 1970's and finally in 1980's the war between carrot and lilze in 80.
Brazil and Rio in particular, suffers from particularly pervasive and institutionalized forms of violence: gang warfare, military brutality, and police corruption. Despite its natural resources, Brazil is one of the most economically divided countries in the world a very small wealthy class exists quite separately from a large, poor, underclass. Race and class are equated, so that 'whiteness' has more to do with wealth and status than with color. The country is still trying to overcome its colonial and militarized histories and to create a national identity.