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See the world's most notorious slum, Rio de Janeiro's City of God, where combat photographers and police rarely go. Based on the true story of a young man who grew up on these streets and whose ambition as a photographer is our window in and his only way out
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Based on the novel by Paulo Lins
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2002
Special features: "News from a personal war" documentary (in Portuguese with English subtitles)
Cinematographer, Cesar Charlone; editor, Daniel Rezende; music, Antonio Pinto and Ed Côrtes
Matheus Nachtergaele, Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino da Hora, Jonathan Haagensen
Blu-ray, NTSC, region 1; 16x9 widescreen 1.85:1; English 5.1 Dolby digital surround sound
Portuguese (Brazilian) dialogue; English or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH)
Four Academy Award Nominations