City Of God (Cidade De Deus) (DVD)

The critically acclaimed 2002 film City of God (Cidade de Deus) is an epic crime drama that tracks the explosive growth of organized crime in the Cidade de Deus suburb of Rio de Janeiro from the late 1960s to the early 1980s. The entire narrative is told through the perspective of Rocket, a young, soft-spoken resident of the favela who dreams of becoming a professional photographer. Too timid to live a life of crime and too ambitious to settle for underpaid, menial labor, Rocket acts as an artistic observer. The story directly contrasts his life with that of Li'l Zé, a ruthless, psychopathic contemporary who climbs to power as the slum's most feared drug lord.