Revenge of the Film Nerds
Gaming celebrity BlackKrystel & amateur film historian Jack Manley host a weekly podcast that goes on deep dives of classic films both old & new, telling the stories of how they are made & sharing the moments of each story that speak to them! SEASON 3 DEBUTING NOW!
Revenge of the Film Nerds
Season 3, Episode 15: City of God (2002)
You need more than guts to be a good podcaster; you need ideas.
On today's episode, BK and Jack dive headlong into what is possibly the definitive work of Brazilian film and a masterpiece that shocked the world, and in the process, the learn the history of how the favelas came to be, how a special group of people pulled together to make the film happen, how the filmmakers maneuvered filming within Rio's favelas themselves, and so much more!
Get ready to see why, in the City of God, if you stay, they get you, and if you leave, they get you too.