The issue
INEQUALITIES AND INSECURITY RULE IN RIO
20%
of the population live in 1 of the 1000 favelas
Source : Catcom
Paramilitary militias control 65% of the favelas, gangs control the rest 34%.
Source : The Intercept
Rene's lessons
learnt
PEOPLE OF COLOR PAY THE HIGH PRICE
Between 2001 and 2015, there were more homicides in Brazil than in countries officially at war such as Syria and Iraq together.
80%
of the extreme poor are Afro-brazilians
Source : Freedom of the world
36%
It is the difference in salary between a black person and a white person in Brazil.
Source : Catcom
79%
of the people killed by police are black.
Source : Catcom
WHY FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM
OF SPEECH IS IMPORTANT
Bonus
Raull Santiago: fighting for dignity in the favelas (exclusive clip)
While filming BIGGER THAN US in Brazil, Melati Wijsen met Raull Santiago, one of the most influential voices in the favelas. Raull is a social entrepreneur, human rights activist, journalist and content producer. For Melati, for us, he explains how white supremacy, poverty and violence build on each others for one single goal : maintaining the system as it is. So that nothing changes. Here is a sequence you won't see in our BIGGER THAN US feature film. To follow Raull: https://linktr.ee/raullsantiagoo
From Uganda to Colorado, the Climate Generation (exclusive clip)
During the filming of BIGGER THAN US, Melati Wijsen met young climate activists from Uganda to Belgium who are campaigning against global warming. They speak with one voice! One call!
"The hardest part is not this job. It's getting home". Mary Finn (exclusive clip)
When she is not in operation, Mary Finn, one of our seven protagonists returns to her country England and tries to explain to those around her what she has seen and experienced. Most of the time, she meets indifference, anger even. Yet, 3 out of 4 humanitarians suffer from psychological distress. So how does Mary keep hope alive? Here are some things you won't see in our feature-film BIGGER THAN US. An exclusive bonus video, on Mary.
The power of music according to Xiuhtezcatl (exclusive clip)
"Rap is a powerful tool to get my generation moving," says Xiuhtezcatl. After more than a decade of protesting and advocating against the fossil fuel industry, he now relies on music, his Aztec heritage and his poetry to have an impact. Here is why, here are words and images you won't see in our BIGGER THAN US feature film. An exclusive bonus video, on Xiu.
