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- The Favela Model: Philippines and Mexico
  
  Posted at 6:57 pm by Gelene Celis, on September 12, 2019
  Philippines – “Benguet Houses turned into Colorful Mural”
  
  Houses in Barangay Balili in La Trinidad, Benguet, Philippines were turned into a colorful mural, reminiscent of Brazil’s favelas. Photo courtesy of Department of Tourism – Cordillera Administrative Region.
  
  “The project was adapted from the favela paintings in Brazil.
  
  The project is a first in the country, and is designed by the Tam-awan Village artists. The main theme of the mural is the sunflower…
  
  Over 18,000 square meters or 150 houses will be painted.
  
  …The residents themselves are the ones painting the houses along with other volunteers, like students and members of the police.
  
  The paint is free and the residents recognize the economic benefits they will gain from the project.
  
  Some of them are looking forward to expanding their businesses.”
  
  Read more about it here
  
  Mexico – “Mexican Government Let Street Artists Paint 200 Houses To Unite The Community”
  
  Read more about it here
  
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  Check out Ted Talk: How Paintings Can Transform Communities
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- Haas & Hahn: How Painting Can Transform Communities
  
  Posted at 6:56 pm by Gelene Celis, on September 11, 2019
  What do we do about social perception towards marginalized communities?
  
  To quote the original video that you can find here: “…although these communities cover nearly every hillside of the city, this somehow did not seem to be considered a legitimate part of it. They were feared, endured constant negative portrayal in the media, and suffered under heavy conflicts between drug gangs and police. Self-built and self-organized, to us the favela seemed to be full of creativity and hope. This made us think, then suddenly we had a crazy idea. What if we could paint all these houses in the communities into unifying designs. It could make the neighbourhood look more beautiful and as for attention: in a positive way. You could make people stop and look…and show the outside world what proud and vibrant communities favelas really are.”
  
  Haas & Hahn – img courtesy of Utne.com
  
  Rio de Janeiro favela after Haas & Hahn’s favela art project . Image courtesy of Maria Muñoz via Pinterest
  
  Rio de Janeiro favela after Haas & Hahn’s favela art project . Image courtesy of RDJ4U
  
  Here’s a good talk about that.
  
  https://embed-ssl.ted.com/talks/haas_hahn_how_painting_can_transform_communities.html
  
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  Check out Haas & Hahn’s page here
  And their Twitter here
  And their Instagram here
  
  Check out the Ted page here
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  Posted in Arts & Culture | 1 Comment | Tagged art, brazil, europe, favela, holland, painting, rio de janeiro, slum, south america, talk, ted
- Elefante Blanco
  
  Posted at 11:12 am by Gelene Celis, on September 11, 2019
  …directed by Pablo Trapero (Argentina)
  
  “While working alongside his long-time friend and colleague in building a hospital for the residents of a Buenos Aries shantytown, a troubled priest finds solace in a young, atheist social worker.”
  – IMDB
  
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  Check out the IMDB page here
  
  The trailer doesn’t really do it any justice but it was insightful in as much as it was difficult to watch, for me.
  
  Discovered at TIFF
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- Favela on Blast
  
  Posted at 11:40 pm by Gelene Celis, on July 24, 2017
  …directed by Diplo, as Wesley Pentz (USA) and Leandro HBL (Brazil)
  
  “For 20 years, a subculture has emerged in Brazil under society’s radar. It is the culture surrounding ‘funk carioca’, a musical rhythm which mixes the American electronic funk of the 1980’s with the most diverse influences of Brazilian music. ‘Baile funk’ is one of the most interesting musical movements in the world, but it comes from what is at times, one of the most violent and poorest places in the world: the slums of Rio de Janeiro (favelas). this music is the personalization of the raw element. Bombastic rhythms coming from the American Miami Bass and samples are fused with powerful rap vocals using Brazilian slang. This documentary tells stories of sex, love, poverty, and pride among Rio’s marginalized people. They have their own language, style, and heroes. It’s a film that’s fast, heavy, and violent like the city itself.”
  – Written by Mad Decent
  
  favela on blast – us version – with english subtitles from joonspoon on Vimeo.
  
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  Check out Mad Decent’s (Diplo) site here
  And Mosquito Project (Leandro HBL) here
  
  And check out the flick’s IMDB page here
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