Early in the day on July 12, 2000, a dozen or so commuters in the Jardim Botanico district of Rio de Janeiro had the misfortune of boarding Bus #174. A perfectly nice bus in many respects, #174 was ...

Bus 174," the jolting new documentary by Brazilian director Jose Padilha, opens with a dizzying aerial shot that races high over Rio de Janeiro. It's a lovely take, but this is no postcard. In seconds ...

As a veteran of Rio de Janeiro's streets hijacks a city bus and takes hostages in the documentary Bus 174, the question moves from how could he have done it to how could he not have done it. Which is ...

ThinkFilm has acquired North American theatrical rights to acclaimed Brazilian documentary “Bus 174,” in one of two deals closed — along with Shadow Distribution’s purchase of Hungarian festival ...

Who is José Padilha: clear-eyed chronicler of society’s forgotten souls, or misanthropic peddler of pummeling law-and-order fantasies? It’s a question implicit in the critical reactions to Elite Squad ...

A chronicle exploring what happened in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on June 12th, 2000--Valentine's Day in Brazil--when Bus 174 was highjacked by an armed young man, Sandro do Nascimento, with a dozen ...

Powerful documentary about a 2000 bus hijacking in Rio de Janiero, which was captured on TV as it happened. Included: the hijacker's impoverished childhood. Directed by Felipe Lacerda and Jose Padilha ...

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 ...