MANDA BALA: Brazil’s Corruption, Kidnappings, and Frogs
When I read the synopsis of Jason Kohn’s Manda Bala / Send a Bullet in the Sundance Film Festival’s independent film – documentary list I thought the film sounded like supermarket tabloid trash: “In Brazil, known as one of the world’s most corrupt and violent countries, Manda Bala follows a politician who uses a frog farm to steal billions of dollars, a wealthy businessman who spends a small fortune bulletproofing his cars, and a plastic surgeon who reconstructs the ears of mutilated kidnapping victims."
Not helping matters was reading Mary Milliken’s Reuters article on Manda Bala, in which she asserts that there’s “a boom in ear-reconstruction surgeries” in Brazil as a result of the fact that “gangs from the teeming [...]
by Andre Soares | January 31, 2007
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Tags: Documentaries, Film Festivals, Heloísa Passos, Jason Kohn, Manda Bala, Political Movies, Send a Bullet, Socially Conscious Movies, Sundance 2007, Sundance Film Festival
