Audio and video

Here you find audio and video files on the right to housing worldwide. If you or your organisation have articles in these formats that you would like to promote, contact the Rapporteur.

Voices of the mission: Vila Recreio 2, Rio de Janeiro – Brazil

Published in Thursday September 15th, 2011

In the run up to Brazil’s World Cup 2014 and Olympics 2016, thousands of people are being forcefully evicted from their homes to make room for office buildings, stadiums and roads. Video activists are making a stand, producing documentaries to raise awareness, inform and empower communities at risk of eviction. Watch below a video produced about the Vila Recreio 2, favela of Rio de Janeiro:

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Voices of the mission: Favela do Metrô, Rio de Janeiro – Brazil

Published in Thursday September 15th, 2011

In the run up to Brazil’s World Cup 2014 and Olympics 2016, thousands of people are being forcefully evicted from their homes to make room for office buildings, stadiums and roads. Video activists are making a stand, producing documentaries to raise awareness, inform and empower communities at risk of eviction. Watch below a video produced about the Favela do Metrô, favela of Rio de Janeiro[…]

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Voices of the mission: Morro da Providência, Rio de Janeiro – Brazil

Published in Thursday September 15th, 2011

In the run up to Brazil’s World Cup 2014 and Olympics 2016, thousands of people are being forcefully evicted from their homes to make room for office buildings, stadiums and roads. Video activists are making a stand, producing documentaries to raise awareness, inform and empower communities at risk of eviction. Watch below a video produced about the Morro da Providência, favela of Rio de Janeiro[…]

Voices of the mission: Restinga, Rio de Janeiro – Brazil

Published in Thursday September 15th, 2011

In the run up to Brazil’s World Cup 2014 and Olympics 2016, thousands of people are being forcefully evicted from their homes to make room for office buildings, stadiums and roads. Video activists are making a stand, producing documentaries to raise awareness, inform and empower communities at risk of eviction. Watch below a video produced about the Restinga, favela of Rio de Janeiro […]

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Brazil: Road to World Cup and Olympics Paved with Forced Evictions

Published in Thursday September 15th, 2011

In the run up to Brazil’s World Cup 2014 and Olympics 2016, thousands of people are being forcefully evicted from their homes to make room for office buildings, stadiums and roads. Video activists are making a stand, producing documentaries to raise awareness, inform and empower communities at risk of eviction. Watch below one of the videos produced:
 

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Video of eviction in Cambodia: Shukaku destroy homes at Boeung Kak Lake

Published in Wednesday August 3rd, 2011

Video of eviction in Cambodia: Shukaku destroy homes at Boeung Kak Lake

Shukaku destroy homes at Boeung Kak Lake from Little Ease Films on Vimeo.

Truculent Olympics

Published in Tuesday December 21st, 2010

Within the past week, the Olymipic plan for the city of Rio de Janeiro has revealed a strong ambiguity in the quality of large urban development projects. Investments in public infrastructure, transport and sporting facilities arrive at the same pace as regrettable episodes of basic human rights violations and disrespect for the human condition.
The following video is an excerpt from a recording made one of these mornings in which the machines advanced over homes in the community of Restinga.

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Forced Evictions in Rio de Janeiro, Interview with Favela Resident

Published in Monday December 13th, 2010

The mudslides of April 5, 2010 changed the lives of many residents in Rio de Janeiro. In the aftermath the mayor of Rio requested the immediate removal of hundreds of families from their homes, without giving any explanation or a proper assessment of the area. This video is narrated by a resident of Laboriaux in the favela of Rocinha as he talks about the experience of the forced evictions.

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Brazil: Megaevents and Forced Evictions

Published in Wednesday October 20th, 2010

Vila Autódromo, a low-income community in western Rio de Janeiro, havebeen fighting off eviction.