Title: Meditations on revolution part II: the space in between /
Year: 1997
Subjects: Niemeyer, Oscar,; Urban ecology (Sociology); Cities and towns Growth; Urban poor Brazil.; Street life.; Squatter settlements.; Community development, Urban.; Brazil Social conditions.; Rocinha (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Buildings, structures, etc.
Abstract: "Inspired by architect Oscar Niemeyer and filmed in the Favela neighborhood of Rocinha, South America's largest shanty town, The Space In Between is an investigation of the space carved out by a taut and restless population. here the landscape in Rio becomes the metaphoric space between revolution and non-revolution, a social structure divided and on the brink of a violent consequential release. It is a glimpse of the city's life just 100 years past slavery, on the razor's edge of transition." Canyon Cinema 2000 catalogue