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MANDA BALA (SEND A BULLET) / Jason Kohn (2007)

September 28th, 2007 by Scott Marks

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MANDA BALA (SEND A BULLET) (2007)

Directed by Jason Kohn

Shot by Heloisa Passos

Genre: Documentary

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Running Time: 85 min.

Rating: ★★★½☆

Brazil may be the land of sun, fun, rain forests and stunning fashion models, but it’s a sure bet that tourism will be down once Manda Bala hits American screens.

Director Jacon Kohn set out to make “a non-fiction film…using the same visual language as a fictional one.” With its keen awareness of visual literacy, Manda Bala is unlike any documentary we’ve seen since Gunner’s Palace. Sao Paulo is the largest city in the Southern Hemisphere with more financial capital than the rest of
South America combined. In steep contrast to the country’s unparalleled riches, we find poverty, corruption, violent crime and many other maladies often associated with a developing nation.

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