City of God

The City of God is a favela in Rio de Janeiro where Buscapé grew up watching as violence consumed his generation. The film by Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund tells the story of organized crime in the favela from the 1960s to the 1980s, with a frantic visual style that influenced all subsequent action cinema. Based on the autobiographical novel by Paulo Lins, it was nominated for four Oscars and forever changed the international film industry's perspective on Brazil.

City of God is one of the most energetic and impactful films of the 21st century. Its editing and narration changed the language of action cinema. The honest portrayal of the favela and its cycles of violence remains relevant.