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This début novel is a chronicle of Rocinha, a favela in Rio de Janeiro, and follows the efforts of a group of male friends to score drugs, make a few dollars, and inch toward a better life.
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The New Yorker, New Yorker, 28 July 2025
Next up for Globo is School Without Walls, a film about a public school in one of Brazil’s biggest favelas directed by Cao Hamburger, that is a co-production of Brazil’s Gullane, Portugal’s Ukbar Filmes and France’s Playtime Group that is also backed by Telecine.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 18 June 2025
Eduardo Ferro’s 405 Films has acquired the life rights of Brazilian MMA champion Charles Oliveira, with plans to develop an untitled feature film chronicling the fighter’s journey from the favelas to UFC stardom.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 17 June 2025
The lineup is heavy on directorial debuts with Kites from Brazil’s Walter-Thompson Hernández set in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, The Scout by Paula Andrea González-Nasser about a location scout in NYC, Westhhampton by Christian Nilsson and Melody Roscher’s Bird In Hand.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 4 June 2025
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The New Yorker, New Yorker, 28 July 2025
Next up for Globo is School Without Walls, a film about a public school in one of Brazil’s biggest favelas directed by Cao Hamburger, that is a co-production of Brazil’s Gullane, Portugal’s Ukbar Filmes and France’s Playtime Group that is also backed by Telecine.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 18 June 2025
Eduardo Ferro’s 405 Films has acquired the life rights of Brazilian MMA champion Charles Oliveira, with plans to develop an untitled feature film chronicling the fighter’s journey from the favelas to UFC stardom.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 17 June 2025
The lineup is heavy on directorial debuts with Kites from Brazil’s Walter-Thompson Hernández set in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, The Scout by Paula Andrea González-Nasser about a location scout in NYC, Westhhampton by Christian Nilsson and Melody Roscher’s Bird In Hand.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 4 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for favela
Noun
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Rivers running from Grenada's volcanic interior down to the coast carve waterfalls into the island's lush jungles.—
Carley Rojas Avila,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Jan. 2026
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Train it to grow up a moss pole or a small trellis to give a room a dramatic jungle look.—
Leanne Potts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 Jan. 2026
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Their target was the Comando Vermelho (CV), or Red Command, a criminal organization that has ruled these hillside shantytowns for decades.—
Alessandra Freitas,
CNN Money,
9 Nov. 2025
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Expecting to find a resort town, or new villages that had been built along the shore, the traveller had encountered only more wreckage and rubble and more soldiers and loudspeakers and more shantytowns and camp towns.—
Paul Yoon,
New Yorker,
9 Nov. 2025
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And that’s why, since 2021, the state has removed more than 19,000 encampments and worked with providers to help more than 61,000 people get services.—
Sacramento Bee staff,
Sacbee.com,
8 Jan. 2026
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The study details the results of analysis of core samples retrieved from 1,669 feet (509 m) below the surface during an encampment at the Dome's summit in the spring of 2023.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Favela.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/favela. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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