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On the outskirts of the city, a car is riddled with bullet holes, some the size of a fist. You'd think it was a gangland shooting, but these bullets were fired by the police, and the passengers were unarmed teenagers. In Rio de Janeiro, more than 16, 000 civilians have been killed in police operations over the past twenty years, all in the name of self-defense. This powerful and disturbing film follows the mothers of these victims as they fight for...
2) Nirvana
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Ian Velloza (Vila Faia) is Vega, a small-time wiseguy who gets kicked out of his gang just when he expects to move up. Out for revenge, Vega teams up with a bunch of delinquent small-time criminals to pay back the leader of the gang, Barbas. Vega's plan is to beat Barbas's gang to the scene of a planned robbery and get the money first. What Vega doesn't realize is that Barbas has many enemies, all of whom had the same idea. Now Vega and his ragtag...
3) City of Men
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An inspiring tale of friendship and family in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro. In a culture dictated by violence and run by gangs, Acerola and Laranjinha are like brothers. Now almost 18, Laranjinha seeks the father he never met, as Acerola struggles to raise his own son. But when they find themselves on opposite sides of a gang war, the lifelong friends confront a shocking secret from their past.
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Em um mundo no qual ela acredita que homens e mulheres não têm direitos iguais perante a lei, dias de liberdade de Emelisa estão contados. Como defesa, Emelisa deve confiar no advogado de defesa Humphrey, um ativista dos direitos humanos e membro de longa data de uma organização poderosa, Salve as Mulheres Negras.
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Siva desistiu de pedir que sua vida fosse poupada dentro da unidade subterrânea de atiradores, onde ele encontrou seu filho adotivo sequestrado, chamado Bobosky. O pai do menino pediu que o menino fosse morto junto com iva em uma morte em câmera lenta, cujo vídeo ele ordenou que fosse trazido para ele ver. A horrível - e finalmente vitoriosa - história de Siva e do menino é o sétimo livro da série McDowell Brains 'Trail of the Cabal, PONTO...
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EU SOU NEMEIN. EU SOU ALHEIO AOS MEUS CRIMES. EU NÃO SOU, PORTANTO, UM ASSASSINO. EU SOU UM INSTRUMENTO DE NÊMESIS, UM JUSTICEIRO.
O tema geral do livro permeia vários blogs da Dark Web escritos por um serial killer. Ele é extremamente inteligente e emprega argumentos filosóficos para justificar uma série de assassinatos. No entanto, ele descreve os seus assassinatos em detalhes tão macabros e com tanto prazer que sua máscara de ilusão...
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Bo "Didley" Hart e sua ex-adada Phredrica J. Fox assumem seu segundo caso como Detetives Particulares. Há um sequestrador de crianças em série no trabalho ou algo ainda mais desonesto? As reviravoltas que eles descobrem não só resolverão o caso, mas se tornarão experiências de mudança ao vivo para ambos. Aperte o cinto de segurança e prepare-se para o passeio......
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Payback - Tales of Love, Hate and Revenge, the second book of the Passaic River Trilogy, is the WINNER of the 2020 READER VIEWS LITERARY AWARD, FIRST PLACE Mystery/Thriller.
Payback is a drama so intense that it would be improbable anywhere but 1946 Newark. Across the country millions were dealing with the loss of loved ones, and horrible memories were being buried for the greater good. But not in Newark. Two mutilated bodies were pulled from the...
9) The Blackout
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In a small town located in northern Spain, electricity has mysteriously stopped working. Batteries, cellphones, vehicles, and even all types of machines don't work anymore.
The government sends several agents to investigate the murder of the owner of one of the bars in town, the rape of a girl, and the suicide of the local priest. Apparently, all those deaths are related to the blackout.
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Jacaranda Dunne-known to everyone as JD-is an ex-Metropolitan police officer who has moved to Málaga to open a detective agency. At first, the work is routine, missing dogs, stolen passports and unfaithful husbands. Then one day a woman bursts into the agency, waving the photo of a young girl; it's her missing daughter, Sophie.
Together with her best friend, Julie-both aged fourteen at the time-Sophie had disappeared the previous summer. An extensive...
11) Three Feathers
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Three young men -- Flinch, Bryce, and Rupert -- have vandalized their community. They are sent by its Elders to live nine months on the land as part of the circle sentencing process. There, the young men learn to take responsibility for their actions and acquire the humility required to return home. But will they be forgiven for what they have done? Three Feathers explores the power and grace of restorative justice in on Northern community and the...
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Following a spectacular opening number, a lip-synched rendition of Jane Russell's sultry You Kill Me, the film's hero, in voiceover, sets the tale in motion. He has come to Macao in search of Candy, an old friend who he fears has been kidnapped by a shadowy crime syndicate. He searches the city streets, back alleys, gambling dens, and music halls, but Candy's whereabouts elude him, until a larger, more sinister plot comes into focus.
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Captain Nascimento has risen in his career to become the commander-in-chief of Rio de Janeiro's BOPE (Special Police Operations Battalion) and later, a populist choice as the Sub-Secretary of Intelligence. In his new post, Nascimento strengthens BOPE and cripples the drug trade even further, bringing it to its knees. But soon he comes to a sobering realization that upon doing so, he ends up aiding his true enemies: Corrupt cops and dirty politicians...
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The Monteiro and Campelo families live in the shadow of a crime committed generations ago. However, when a chance encounter puts Ramon and Romulo face to face, hatred turns into an unlikely and passionate love affair that could hurt their parents, siblings, friends, and even themselves.
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The Monteiro and Campelo families live in the shadow of a crime committed generations ago. However, when a chance encounter puts Ramon and Romulo face to face, hatred turns into an unlikely and passionate love affair that could hurt their parents, siblings, friends, and even themselves.
19) Trash
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When three trash-picking boys from Rio's slums find a wallet in amongst the daily detritus of their local dump, little do they imagine that their lives are about to change forever. But when the local police show up, offering a handsome reward for the wallet's return, the boys realize that what they've found must be important.
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On a quiet city block in the coastal city of Recife, Brazil, ruled by an aging patriarch and his sons, a recent spate of petty crime has rattled the nerves of the well-to-do residents. When a mysterious security firm is brought in to watch over the neighborhood, it sparks the fears and anxieties of a divided society still haunted by its past.
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