WEBVTT 00:00:07.703 00:00:15.824 [ Text ]Favelas are poor neighbourhoods dominated by crime and drugs
there are around 1,000 in Rio In 2008, while preparing for the 2014 World Cup and 2016 SUMMER Olympics, city authorities pledged to regain control of the favelas. 
 TODAY, only 40 are controlled by the police. 00:00:35.130 --> 00:00:41.010 [ Brendu ]For me, the Complexo do Alemao favela is good because I live with my family. 00:00:41.050 --> 00:00:45.110 It's not far to go and see my family, we all live nearby. 00:00:45.130 --> 00:00:50.160 The bad thing is, when I go to school, there are lots of police on one side 00:00:50.170 --> 00:00:54.150 and gangs on the other. I have to pass between them. 00:00:54.170 --> 00:00:59.190 They're so close, I’m scared they could shoot me by mistake. 00:00:59.200 --> 00:01:03.130 But overall, I like living in Complexo do Alemao. 00:01:03.160 --> 00:01:06.080 The police station is right there. 00:01:06.090 --> 00:01:08.130 But it’s better to stay away 00:01:08.140 --> 00:01:10.170 because you may get shot. 00:01:10.180 --> 00:01:13.010 Boys often get it from them! 00:01:14.288 00:01:22.329 -We are in the middle of drug dealers and policemen. It has to be fast. Yeah? Because if it start shooting we’re exactly in the middle. 00:01:25.946 00:01:36.266 -The police station is… -Is there We are in the middle if you realize… I don’t want to get shot, he doesn’t want to get shot, you don’t want to get shot. 00:01:37.973 00:01:50.253 [ Angel ]My name is Angelica Melo but everybody call me Angel. I’ve been filming in favelas for more than 8 years. They trust me, I trust them. I feel at home. 00:01:50.830 00:02:03.591 You guys are strangers but I walk in here like a local. I feel worried about them but I don’t feel very scared because you know in my life I also faced violence when I lived in favelas when I was young. 00:02:18.649 00:02:25.610 You can’t get in in favela. Favelas are dangerous not because of people who live in favela, but because of everything happening there. 00:02:25.610 00:02:36.796 Drug dealers are there, police are there. There is a war… You need someone who knows the area. I have contact in a lot of favelas. 00:02:43.220 --> 00:02:47.120 [ Mariluce ]I was born and raised here, I know everyone. 00:02:47.130 --> 00:02:51.150 My grandmother was only the second person 00:02:51.220 --> 00:02:54.080 to live in this favela. 00:02:54.110 --> 00:02:57.100 People trust me thanks to my granny 00:02:57.170 --> 00:03:02.040 and father's influence. He once dealt drugs in another favela. 00:03:02.050 --> 00:03:07.130 Angel is one of the few who can visit any time, because she’s with me. 00:03:07.140 --> 00:03:11.210 You can’t film anywhere because you’d put us all in danger. 00:03:11.220 --> 00:03:15.140 We could 'accidentally' get shot, it's not safe. 00:03:15.160 --> 00:03:21.130 You might by chance film something I don’t have the right to show you. 00:03:21.140 --> 00:03:24.100 Tomorrow, they’d get me for it. 00:03:24.110 --> 00:03:26.220 You’ll go back to your country, 00:03:27.050 --> 00:03:30.000 but I’ll stay, so I can’t take risks. 00:03:36.010 --> 00:03:38.020 Hello! What's up? 00:03:38.030 --> 00:03:40.210 Hello! Hello. 00:03:41.170 --> 00:03:43.210 The little darling! 00:03:43.220 --> 00:03:45.090 Hello, hello. 00:03:47.050 --> 00:03:51.200 [ Sandra ]During the Olympic preparations, it was really peaceful. 00:03:51.210 --> 00:03:54.000 Now, after the Olympics... 00:03:54.120 --> 00:03:57.210 we're at war, nearly every day there's war. 00:03:58.090 --> 00:04:01.020 Can I say what happened in my house? 00:04:01.080 --> 00:04:03.010 The shooting too? 00:04:03.080 --> 00:04:07.070 On Friday evening, a bullet came through here... 00:04:07.080 --> 00:04:10.020 Cases are still in the yard. 00:04:10.030 --> 00:04:15.060 Me, my daughter, my granddaughter, him, her, her colleague... 00:04:15.070 --> 00:04:17.080 We had to lie on the floor. 00:04:17.090 --> 00:04:21.010 A policeman was pointing his gun at us. 00:04:21.050 --> 00:04:23.020 It was scary. 00:04:23.130 --> 00:04:29.080 We had to go in the house and stay put. You can’t even stand in your own door way. 00:04:30.230 --> 00:04:35.000 I was praying to God almighty. 00:04:35.090 --> 00:04:38.040 I knew that what had happened 00:04:38.100 --> 00:04:41.070 was God’s blessing upon us. 00:04:41.110 --> 00:04:43.160 My brother died like this. 00:04:43.190 --> 00:04:45.180 I’m a bit traumatised. 00:04:45.240 --> 00:04:48.200 Trusting the cops is... complicated. 00:04:49.020 --> 00:04:51.080 Your mind is back to front. 00:04:51.110 --> 00:04:55.120 You don’t know who the good or the bad guys are. 00:04:55.170 --> 00:04:58.070 [ Rayane ]We were fiddling with our phones, 00:04:58.080 --> 00:04:59.230 and all of a sudden, 00:04:59.240 --> 00:05:02.210 they came up here and began shooting. 00:05:02.220 --> 00:05:05.140 My mother's still afraid. 00:05:05.150 --> 00:05:10.000 We saw that a bullet had hit and lodged there in the door. 00:05:10.210 --> 00:05:13.160 Mum prayed and went to the bedroom. 00:05:18.087 00:05:19.007 [ Angel ]We have to get in 00:05:37.220 --> 00:05:40.020 - Take a position here. - Ok! 00:05:41.060 --> 00:05:43.010 Gunfire, gunfire! 00:05:43.020 --> 00:05:44.150 Clear the street! 00:05:47.030 --> 00:05:48.220 Get off the street! 00:05:50.040 --> 00:05:51.210 Clear the street! 00:06:25.030 --> 00:06:30.070 [ Protest ]We speak in the name of our children, in the name of our dead children. 00:06:30.090 --> 00:06:32.090 You won’t silence us. 00:06:32.180 --> 00:06:34.220 The police are murderers! 00:06:34.230 --> 00:06:36.020 All of them. 00:06:36.030 --> 00:06:38.130 The police are murderers! 00:06:38.140 --> 00:06:42.100 They accuse our children of crimes. 00:06:42.110 --> 00:06:44.030 It's not fair. 00:06:44.040 --> 00:06:46.190 My son was murdered on my porch. 00:06:47.000 --> 00:06:51.100 His brains and blood were spread over the living room floor. 00:06:51.110 --> 00:06:55.120 The investigator said it was legal self-defence. 00:06:55.130 --> 00:06:57.070 It’s been a year now... 00:06:57.080 --> 00:06:58.200 I'm still in pain, 00:06:58.210 --> 00:07:01.000 it feels like yesterday. 00:07:02.230 --> 00:07:04.210 Just like yesterday. 00:07:04.220 --> 00:07:09.030 Burying your 16-year-old son is like burying your heart. 00:07:38.140 --> 00:07:43.110 [ Therezinha ]I was leaving home and I saw my son fall and lie there, motionless. 00:07:43.120 --> 00:07:46.080 I started shouting, crying for help, 00:07:46.090 --> 00:07:49.020 asking to drive my son to hospital. 00:07:49.030 --> 00:07:51.200 Then I was told, ‘Your son is dead’. 00:07:51.210 --> 00:07:55.030 I looked back. First, I saw a police unit. 00:07:55.150 --> 00:07:59.210 There was a military policeman in the front, 00:08:00.170 --> 00:08:04.100 I grabbed his vest and said, ‘You killed my son’. 00:08:04.120 --> 00:08:10.070 He said, 'I can easily kill you, like I did your son, I killed a gangster’s boy’. 00:08:10.080 --> 00:08:14.240 I said, ‘Kill me, you've taken what was most precious to me’. 00:08:15.000 --> 00:08:16.210 He put his gun to my head. 00:08:16.220 --> 00:08:18.190 He’s two in this photo. 00:08:26.130 --> 00:08:31.150 It’s horrible, seeing this and knowing I'll never see my son again… 00:08:35.170 --> 00:08:38.110 I firmly believe in God, 00:08:38.210 --> 00:08:40.100 and there is Jesus. 00:08:40.110 --> 00:08:43.130 Jesus is my true saviour, he never fails. 00:08:44.000 --> 00:08:48.080 I’m sure our Lord won’t let the policeman go unpunished. 00:08:48.090 --> 00:08:51.100 He must pay for his crime. 00:08:51.230 --> 00:08:55.050 It was a barbaric and horrible crime. 00:08:55.060 --> 00:08:58.140 What he did to my son, is how he’ll pay. 00:09:18.070 --> 00:09:19.110 [ Paulu ]You, leave. 00:09:19.120 --> 00:09:21.050 You, go to that flank. 00:09:21.060 --> 00:09:23.240 You, to the middle, watch the flank! 00:09:24.000 --> 00:09:28.230 I’ve worked with kids here at the Palmeiras project for six years. 00:09:29.030 --> 00:09:31.120 I put my heart into this project, 00:09:31.130 --> 00:09:33.080 because I saw children 00:09:33.090 --> 00:09:36.110 with prior convictions in the streets. 00:09:37.100 --> 00:09:41.070 They seem to be starting to get involved with drugs. 00:09:41.080 --> 00:09:43.090 I was in the drug world too, 00:09:43.100 --> 00:09:45.130 now I'm free of it. 00:09:45.140 --> 00:09:47.200 Juan has a gift for football. 00:09:47.210 --> 00:09:50.000 We’re trying to win him over. 00:09:50.080 --> 00:09:54.170 It's complicated, but I hope he'll join us soon. 00:09:55.110 --> 00:10:00.020 Has anyone from the local mafia already offered you a job? 00:10:00.050 --> 00:10:02.230 Or have you yourself gone to them? 00:10:04.040 --> 00:10:05.190 [ Juan ]Yes, I went to them. 00:10:05.200 --> 00:10:07.010 Really? 00:10:08.030 --> 00:10:09.140 What did you say? 00:10:10.070 --> 00:10:14.120 I went with some guys who’d already been, they knew us too. 00:10:14.200 --> 00:10:17.110 We were just spending time there. 00:10:17.160 --> 00:10:19.090 I saw something… 00:10:20.200 --> 00:10:23.200 they told us to take a backpack somewhere. 00:10:23.220 --> 00:10:25.080 So we did. 00:10:25.160 --> 00:10:27.050 Well, I was angry, 00:10:27.230 --> 00:10:30.050 because of what was happening, 00:10:30.060 --> 00:10:32.240 so I went there to smoke and calm down. 00:10:35.080 --> 00:10:37.150 I just chilled with the guys. 00:10:37.210 --> 00:10:40.050 How do you feel about... 00:10:40.130 --> 00:10:41.230 the police? 00:10:43.120 --> 00:10:45.210 I won’t lie, I don’t like them. 00:10:46.230 --> 00:10:51.080 He seized me like this, and started to manhandle me. 00:10:51.090 --> 00:10:56.050 He threw me into the van as if I was the worst villain in the world. 00:10:56.060 --> 00:10:58.160 Inside, it was very, very hot. 00:10:58.230 --> 00:11:01.100 You know what they did then? 00:11:02.020 --> 00:11:05.050 The van stopped and we sat there for ages, 00:11:05.160 --> 00:11:10.130 they kept cramming people in. The van started moving, they rocked it, 00:11:10.180 --> 00:11:15.050 so we were all knocking against each other inside. 00:11:15.200 --> 00:11:18.040 During my three weeks in prison, 00:11:19.020 --> 00:11:22.020 a guy had his hands behind his back, 00:11:22.070 --> 00:11:23.150 like this. 00:11:23.210 --> 00:11:26.120 Another guy was going like this... 00:11:26.200 --> 00:11:28.220 Security saw one doing it, 00:11:29.100 --> 00:11:31.030 and punished us all. 00:11:31.120 --> 00:11:34.160 They made us all stand in a row, 00:11:35.010 --> 00:11:37.220 with our hands behind our backs. 00:11:38.030 --> 00:11:39.140 And they... 00:11:39.210 --> 00:11:42.180 hit us, in the chest. 00:11:43.100 --> 00:11:45.010 - Hard? - Yeah! 00:11:46.010 --> 00:11:47.140 It was very hard. 00:11:49.100 --> 00:11:52.010 This is my Mum, she’s 43. 00:11:52.170 --> 00:11:54.100 This is my sister... 00:11:54.150 --> 00:11:55.190 Larisa. 00:11:56.160 --> 00:11:58.120 She’s seven. 00:12:01.070 --> 00:12:03.200 This is Kaiki, I think he's ten? 00:12:04.070 --> 00:12:06.020 - No, eleven. - Eleven? 00:12:07.090 --> 00:12:08.160 Eleven, wow! 00:12:09.230 --> 00:12:11.020 This is Caio. 00:12:11.140 --> 00:12:12.180 He’s eight. 00:12:17.090 --> 00:12:19.060 Gabriele, Liche… 00:12:19.110 --> 00:12:23.120 - Gabriele, Luele, Carol, all these. - Ten in all... 00:12:23.130 --> 00:12:24.200 Ten! 00:12:24.210 --> 00:12:26.140 He stopped playing... 00:12:26.220 --> 00:12:30.190 because he didn't have any football boots. 00:12:30.200 --> 00:12:34.140 They selected him to play in Gavea, 00:12:34.150 --> 00:12:36.220 because he's a good forward. 00:12:38.020 --> 00:12:40.080 But, to play for them, 00:12:40.090 --> 00:12:44.050 he had to attend school. 00:12:46.220 --> 00:12:49.040 That’s why he gave up football. 00:12:49.060 --> 00:12:51.100 Let's make a pact on camera. 00:12:51.110 --> 00:12:56.100 When I see school enrolment papers, I’ll buy him football boots. 00:12:56.110 --> 00:13:00.060 You have no other option than going to school. 00:13:00.140 --> 00:13:04.190 - Or you want to play for Barcelona at once? - Play for Barca! 00:13:04.200 --> 00:13:06.030 Agreed? 00:13:15.210 --> 00:13:17.010 Go to school. 00:13:17.040 --> 00:13:22.070 When I see you enrolled, Mariluce will find somewhere for you to play 00:13:22.080 --> 00:13:24.180 and I'll buy you those boots. 00:14:01.060 --> 00:14:03.110 [ Kauanny ]I liked the Para Olympics. 00:14:03.120 --> 00:14:06.200 The authorities spent a lot on the Games. 00:14:06.220 --> 00:14:09.110 They overspent! 00:14:09.210 --> 00:14:12.100 It wasn’t that necessary. 00:14:12.120 --> 00:14:16.140 They spent too much on hospitals, clinics, 00:14:16.150 --> 00:14:20.070 kindergardens and reconstruction. 00:14:21.230 --> 00:14:24.230 There is a shortage of medicine now, 00:14:25.000 --> 00:14:26.180 including for Zika. 00:14:29.000 --> 00:14:31.230 This is our veranda. 00:14:31.240 --> 00:14:35.040 Here's where we dry our clothes. 00:14:35.050 --> 00:14:37.240 And over there we keep poultry, 00:14:38.040 --> 00:14:40.020 hens and ducks. 00:14:40.040 --> 00:14:44.040 The duck goes all over the place. 00:14:44.120 --> 00:14:47.120 There is also a water tank... 00:14:47.130 --> 00:14:49.150 for them to swim in, 00:14:49.160 --> 00:14:51.140 and a there's a feed tub. 00:14:51.150 --> 00:14:54.160 They have space to walk around and play. 00:15:02.180 --> 00:15:07.230 Charlene! You can’t do that to a duck! I mean this duck, the little one! 00:15:07.240 --> 00:15:12.240 Charlene brings the duck home and it goes about pooping all the time. 00:15:15.080 --> 00:15:18.130 Get the duck out of here, put it outside! 00:15:21.200 --> 00:15:23.150 We also had rabbits... 00:15:23.160 --> 00:15:25.010 but we ran out! 00:15:27.183 00:15:28.983 You are pregnant, you’re waiting for another baby! 00:15:28.983 00:15:47.390 [ Angel ]Yeah, she is pregnant. I told her this has to be the last one because in 2014 I came here with a group from Vietnam and she was pregnant and I said – again? I said – this is the last one. And now – this has to be the last one. 00:15:46.230 --> 00:15:49.020 So little one, a number two? 00:15:49.070 --> 00:15:51.080 When Kauanny was born, 00:15:51.170 --> 00:15:53.040 I had to work a lot. 00:15:53.050 --> 00:15:56.070 Until she was 3 or 4, she was a sickly baby. 00:15:56.080 --> 00:15:59.160 She was always a sickly child, 00:15:59.180 --> 00:16:01.140 she suffered a lot. 00:16:01.150 --> 00:16:05.020 We had a lot of difficulties to overcome, 00:16:05.060 --> 00:16:08.050 which is probably why she had epilepsy. 00:16:08.060 --> 00:16:10.110 She had to take strong drugs. 00:16:10.210 --> 00:16:15.120 When I was about two, there was no medication, 00:16:15.130 --> 00:16:18.130 and I hovered between life and death. 00:16:19.050 --> 00:16:23.210 The last time I was really sick was in August. 00:16:25.100 --> 00:16:28.010 I was in bed nearly the whole time, 00:16:28.020 --> 00:16:31.100 and I'd caught Zika, Zika and Chikungunya. 00:16:34.060 --> 00:16:37.140 I’m happy when I go for a walk with my family. 00:16:37.190 --> 00:16:40.000 That’s when I’m happy... 00:16:40.010 --> 00:16:42.060 when my family’s happy. 00:16:42.150 --> 00:16:44.140 Tell me, Kauanny... 00:16:44.240 --> 00:16:46.130 What do you need? 00:16:47.050 --> 00:16:50.180 I don’t need anything right now! 00:16:51.963 00:17:01.044 [ Angel ]People have so many needs, they always say – I need this, I need that. And you need this kid living here in this house and she says – I don’t need anything 00:17:02.150 --> 00:17:04.050 Let me hug you! 00:17:06.190 --> 00:17:07.230 Thank you! 00:17:25.090 --> 00:17:31.020 [ Robson ]When Kauanny came here, she had trouble controlling her anger. 00:17:31.200 --> 00:17:36.120 She’s been with us for a year now. She's back in school. 00:17:37.130 --> 00:17:41.000 Loosen your grip a little, now, push there. 00:17:41.120 --> 00:17:44.020 Yes, grab her head and pull down. 00:17:44.030 --> 00:17:48.050 Violence has been a problem here for a very long time. 00:17:48.060 --> 00:17:52.020 That’s why this project was set up with the police. 00:17:52.030 --> 00:17:54.030 We want children to see 00:17:54.040 --> 00:17:58.190 that you can live without violence, just by communicating, 00:17:58.200 --> 00:18:00.230 that's what judo teaches us. 00:18:01.020 --> 00:18:02.080 Now... Start. 00:18:02.220 --> 00:18:05.030 The idea is to help the kids, 00:18:05.040 --> 00:18:08.190 to show them that the police are not the enemy, 00:18:09.170 --> 00:18:14.010 despite the cruel image of the cops in the media. 00:18:14.020 --> 00:18:18.090 A police officer is a person too, a father or mother. 00:18:18.100 --> 00:18:21.180 All in all, together, we can explain a lot 00:18:21.190 --> 00:18:24.020 and dispel a few stereotypes. 00:18:24.080 --> 00:18:26.040 I was violent, you see. 00:18:26.050 --> 00:18:30.030 I couldn’t even play with my brothers, I beat them. 00:18:30.040 --> 00:18:32.160 Judo helped me get rid of that. 00:18:32.170 --> 00:18:37.050 I use my judo philosophy and when they swear I tell them to stop. 00:18:37.080 --> 00:18:41.030 I try to teach them right from wrong. 00:18:41.170 --> 00:18:45.210 Sometimes, I leave home in the morning and go to school. 00:18:45.220 --> 00:18:48.010 And I’m still afraid... 00:18:48.070 --> 00:18:51.070 Here there's nobody, but down there... 00:18:51.100 --> 00:18:54.140 there may be police or gangsters. 00:18:56.020 --> 00:18:58.000 [ Brendu ]There’s no protection, 00:18:58.010 --> 00:19:01.230 not from the police, least of all from drug dealers. 00:19:02.010 --> 00:19:03.230 No one feels safe here. 00:19:04.190 --> 00:19:09.010 At times, the police wait in ambush right here, in our yard. 00:19:09.020 --> 00:19:10.240 - Here? - Yes, right here! 00:19:11.000 --> 00:19:16.160 Suddenly, the police were in the house, the yard. I climbed up a wall and then... 00:19:17.020 --> 00:19:18.150 shooting started. 00:19:18.160 --> 00:19:21.160 We were afraid we'd get shot, so we left. 00:19:21.170 --> 00:19:25.130 - Not in the house? - Not in the house, because in there… 00:19:25.140 --> 00:19:27.100 we could still get hit. 00:19:27.110 --> 00:19:30.180 So we hid there, near the foot of the hill. 00:19:30.180 --> 00:19:33.070 Then, a police vehicle stopped. 00:19:33.080 --> 00:19:36.090 An officer fell, collapsed right here. 00:19:36.210 --> 00:19:39.220 It was horrible, makes me nervous to think of it. 00:19:39.230 --> 00:19:42.020 If I manage to get some money, 00:19:42.030 --> 00:19:47.050 first of all, I’ll get my family out of the Complexo do Alemao favela. 00:19:47.060 --> 00:19:48.190 I’ll have to wait, 00:19:48.200 --> 00:19:52.080 but I will definitely fulfil that dream. 00:19:52.140 --> 00:19:54.170 Where would you like to live? 00:19:54.180 --> 00:19:56.180 I say what I tell my Mum. 00:19:56.190 --> 00:19:59.150 It doesn't have to be anywhere fancy, 00:19:59.160 --> 00:20:01.180 like Leblon or Copacabana. 00:20:01.190 --> 00:20:05.160 Maybe Meier or Pavuna... not far from here. 00:20:43.240 --> 00:20:46.230 [ Daniel ]During the first day of the operation, 00:20:46.240 --> 00:20:51.050 seven murder victims were found in the neighbourhood, 00:20:51.060 --> 00:20:54.230 but they weren't casualties of the operation. 00:20:54.240 --> 00:20:57.150 When the first fights took place, 00:20:57.160 --> 00:21:03.100 it was thanks to the military police that eight people were arrested. 00:21:03.110 --> 00:21:05.210 Civilian police took part too. 00:21:05.220 --> 00:21:10.190 A normal search warrant is only valid for a particular address, 00:21:10.200 --> 00:21:15.000 but this collective warrant covers a whole district. 00:21:15.010 --> 00:21:18.200 No to favela resident discrimination! 00:21:19.130 --> 00:21:25.240 And so, if the police were told about possible drugs or arms, or about a drug dealer, 00:21:26.000 --> 00:21:28.070 they could conduct a search. 00:21:28.080 --> 00:21:32.130 It would cause local protests, we were told about them, 00:21:32.140 --> 00:21:37.050 but our priority is to protect people and public transport. 00:21:37.060 --> 00:21:39.070 Respect us! 00:21:39.140 --> 00:21:41.050 Respect us! 00:21:43.160 --> 00:21:46.070 Stay away from our doors! 00:21:46.090 --> 00:21:49.000 Stay away from our doors! 00:21:49.070 --> 00:21:51.160 We demand respect and no more! 00:21:51.170 --> 00:21:53.240 Stay away from our doors! 00:21:56.020 --> 00:21:59.050 On Friday night, my daughter was at home. 00:21:59.060 --> 00:22:04.140 Suddenly, they broke down the door, and turned everything upside down! 00:22:04.150 --> 00:22:09.190 It began when the judge dropped the charges. On Saturday, they raided! 00:22:09.200 --> 00:22:13.110 Because we live in the 'City of God' and we’re poor. 00:22:13.120 --> 00:22:18.070 But we work here, we’re decent, we’re proud of the 'City of God'! 00:22:20.010 --> 00:22:21.080 Go on! Go on! 00:22:21.090 --> 00:22:22.140 Well done! 00:22:30.348 00:22:38.669 [ TV ]From Rio’s favelas to Olympic triumph. Brazilian judo champion Rafaela Silva says, winning a gold medal is a dream come true. 00:22:38.669 00:22:51.803 Rafaela Silva grew up in the infamous City of God slum, one of Rio’s poorest neighborhoods. Her father enrolled her in a judo club when she was 5 to get her away from the violence and the drugs. 00:23:02.160 --> 00:23:06.030 [ Rafaela ]My Mum worked in a small shop selling gas tanks. 00:23:06.040 --> 00:23:08.000 I helped her carry them. 00:23:08.010 --> 00:23:11.180 Sometimes, they were so heavy I couldn’t lift them. 00:23:11.230 --> 00:23:15.120 Very often, we didn’t even have food in our home. 00:23:15.130 --> 00:23:18.100 So Mum had to quit her job to help my Dad. 00:23:18.110 --> 00:23:23.080 We were given basic food free, so I didn’t stop training. 00:23:23.090 --> 00:23:29.100 Sometimes, we couldn’t work out because gangsters blocked the favela. 00:23:29.110 --> 00:23:33.140 We couldn’t go outside because of the gunfights 00:23:33.150 --> 00:23:36.060 and we had to miss school lessons. 00:23:37.150 --> 00:23:39.020 Hello! 00:23:43.010 --> 00:23:48.080 This is Kauanny and her suitor. Let's have a photo together. 00:23:48.190 --> 00:23:49.230 Hug Rafaela! 00:23:51.140 --> 00:23:53.070 They’re so proud. 00:23:53.110 --> 00:23:55.160 I bet their hearts are beating fast. 00:23:58.160 --> 00:24:03.140 It’s much easier to take up arms; gangs will even pay you for it. 00:24:03.150 --> 00:24:07.100 But in under two years, you will hit rock bottom. 00:24:07.110 --> 00:24:13.110 I trained for 16 years before fulfilling my dream of winning an Olympic medal. 00:24:13.120 --> 00:24:16.070 Commit yourself to a labour of love. 00:24:16.080 --> 00:24:18.080 It may not happen at once, 00:24:18.090 --> 00:24:23.190 but nothing's better than realising your dream and living as you want. 00:24:23.200 --> 00:24:28.210 Now, I buy the clothes I want, I buy Mum and Dad the clothes they want. 00:24:28.220 --> 00:24:32.010 The dream really is worth the sacrifice. 00:24:33.190 --> 00:24:35.190 I love her very much. 00:24:37.180 --> 00:24:44.080 I could say I do judo because I once saw Rafaela with her students on TV, 00:24:44.090 --> 00:24:47.010 and everyone was shouting... 00:24:47.020 --> 00:24:49.000 ‘Come on, Rafaela!’ 00:24:50.070 --> 00:24:52.090 I just remembered. 00:25:02.140 --> 00:25:06.050 And the ball was right there, the guy took a shot! 00:25:07.010 --> 00:25:10.240 I was in defence and went like this... 00:25:12.040 --> 00:25:15.040 and the other guy missed the goal. 00:25:17.050 --> 00:25:18.090 OK, let's go! 00:25:21.210 --> 00:25:26.030 - What was it like when it opened? - I don't know, I was little. 00:25:26.040 --> 00:25:28.190 Why doesn’t it work now? 00:25:28.200 --> 00:25:31.060 The crisis, you've heard of it? 00:25:31.070 --> 00:25:33.220 They couldn't pay the employees. 00:25:33.230 --> 00:25:35.030 So they quit. 00:25:35.040 --> 00:25:39.140 You must pay but no one wants to. The Mayor’s office had no idea 00:25:39.150 --> 00:25:44.120 how much it would all cost. They couldn't pay the staff. 00:25:44.140 --> 00:25:49.100 Yeah! And some locals have to walk from the hilltop to work, imagine! 00:25:49.110 --> 00:25:53.160 Many locals need this cable way, and it’s not working. 00:26:17.130 --> 00:26:22.100 [ Brendu ]My dream is to get a black belt and become a judo trainer, 00:26:22.110 --> 00:26:27.120 to introduce street kids to sport, the children who lost their way... 00:26:27.130 --> 00:26:29.060 who don’t go to school. 00:26:29.200 --> 00:26:34.220 When I'm an instructor, I’ll make children go to school. 00:26:34.230 --> 00:26:39.130 I’ll make them show me their grade books at the end of the year 00:26:39.140 --> 00:26:41.210 so I see their results. 00:26:41.220 --> 00:26:43.090 That’s my dream. 00:26:43.130 --> 00:26:46.200 Oh, and, taking part in the Olympics, 00:26:46.210 --> 00:26:48.090 winning medals 00:26:48.100 --> 00:26:50.230 so my family will be proud of me.