José
Padilla’s extraordinary documentary is about the hijacking,
which was captured live by TV news crews in 2000, of a Rio de Janeiro
commuter bus by a despondent, slum-dwelling young man. Hostages
are interviewed after the fact, as well as law enforcers and street
people and family members who knew the hijacker. A searing portrait
of social misery. (2 hrs. 2 mins.; NR) • — BILGE EBIRI
José
Padilla’s extraordinary documentary is about the hijacking,
which was captured live by TV news crews in 2000, of a Rio de Janeiro
commuter bus by a despondent, slum-dwelling young man. Hostages
are interviewed after the fact, as well as law enforcers and street
people and family members who knew the hijacker. A searing portrait
of social misery. (2 hrs. 2 mins.; NR) • — BILGE EBIRI