Rio de Janeiro, a geographical marvel and the proudBrazilian tourist spot, is the most visited place in the southern hemisphere. Fordecades, Rio de Janeiro city is stamped as the most violent and dangeroustourist spot in Latin America. Rio city has more than 600 slums (Favela or comunidade),and has the biggest slum (favela) in the world. Favelas are the burning pots ofRio's drug related activities and other organized crimes. This documentary is based on a nonviolent culturalreform through music. The group, Afro-reggae formed in 1993, emerges from the shanty towns and their effort to nail down drug related incidents,emphasis on education, pulling out the youths out of the drug world. An ex druglord Anderson Sa is the mastermind of this ever expanding project.The project focuses on education which includes workshopson dance, recycling, soccer, percussion, self-awareness and more. The group aimsat using music and education to carve the lives of youth and prevent furtherexpansion of gang involvements. Grupo Cultural AfroReggae believes that through education, there is a greaterlikelihood that adolescents will not get caught up in drugs and gang violence.The band emphasize that the majority of the people in the favela are honest,hardworking and innocent workers. The documentary takes through series of eventsthat encountered with Anderson including death threats, mob attacks, surfingaccidents and stage performances. Favela Rising is a 2005 documentary film directed by duo Jeff Zimbalistand Matt Mochary. It was featured in across the globe and received over 36international festival awards. Including Best Documentary Film from the New YorkLatino Film Festival and Best Feature documentary from Big SkyDocumentary Film Festival and shortlisted for Oscar Video Trailer Full documentaryVisit the websites:http://favelarising.com/http://www.crackle.com.br/c/Favela_Rising The Yawanawaare the indigenous tribe from the Amazon (western) region, spread acrossBrazil, Peru and Bolivia. They are currently concentrated in Tarauaca region inAcre (Brazil) surrounded by dangerous ranchers/farmers who constantly pourthreats to their survival. In Yaminawa language, Yawanawa signifies as "People of the Axe". The Yawanawa rituals, dances, songs, clothing, artworks and body painting are of unique significance and popularity. The Shamans,the masters of holy medicines are known for assembling medicinal andsacramental plants to cure various diseases like insomnia, snake bite, fertility,skin diseases, fever, body pain, diarrhea and a list of diseases.The tribe had a longing history of struggle for restoringcultural traditions and preserving the Amazonian rain forest from illicit occupation.The Yawanawa had vulnerable and yet nasty "tug of war" against therubber extractors/loggers and farmers (cattle, soybeans..etc.). During thisperiod Yawanawa were made slaves, and underwent intense suffering, but theymanaged to get rid of the cradle and had their land demarcated in the Acrestate in Brazil. Apart, for over 3 decades the tribe had invasions by the religious missionaries whodestroyed their cultural and religious traditions. The missionaries shunned(banned) the Shamans and were sent exile into the deep forest. Eventually, theYawanawa was able to tacitly dismiss the missionaries and brought back theexiled shamans The Project Yawanawa is an initiative topreserve and demonstrate the cultural essence of Yawanawa tribe and also theAmazon related issues faced by other tribes, flora and fauna. The project consistsof a group of people from various backgrounds with similar interest and theirobjective