Natasha Neri
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Biography
Natasha Neri is a journalist, Brazilian filmmaker, and researcher of Human Rights and Criminal Justice who studied Sociology and Anthropology at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. She directed the documentary Auto de Resistencia (2018) (Police Killing in English and Letal in Spanish) alongside Lula Carvalho. The film, based on Neri's research, describes the different stages of processing of several cases in which people were killed in alleged clashes with the police in Rio de Janeiro, the so-called "resistance acts." Description above from the Wikipedia article Natasha Neri, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
The documentary portrays the collective traumas of the militarization of Rio de Janeiro’s favelas occupied by the Armed Forces during the mega sporting events. Through voices from within the favelas, the film documents the struggle for justice and reparation for victims of human rights violations.
Smell of Diesel
A documentary about the Rio de Janeiro police killings praticed as so-called "self-defense acts". The film follows people who deal with those deaths in their daily lives, showing how Brazil's Federal Government deals with these cases, from the police investigations to the courtrooms.