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MPAA Raing: R
Director: José Padilha
Genres: Law & Crime, Race & Ethnicity, Social Issues, Culture & Society
Released Date: October 08, 2003 (USA
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Summary:
In June of 2000, a young homeless man, evidently high on drugs, made a failed attempt to rob a bus in a wealthy Rio de Janeiro neighborhood. When his plans went awry, the young man, Sandro do Nascimento, armed with a pistol, took the bus passengers hostage. Soon, cops and reporters surrounded the bus. A SWAT team arrived. About four hours later, the incident came to a horrific and tra... Full Summary >>

Cast:
Yvonne Bezerra de Mello
Rodrigo Pimentel
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Review:
Bus 174 is an intensely powerful and insightful documentary that explores the conditions that led to an armed siege on a Rio bus in June of 2000, and, through the use of stunning news footage, depicts the event itself in painstaking detail. Apparently modeled after Kevin Macdonald's "documentary thriller," One Day in September, Bus 174 ... Continue >>

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