i be surprise with the question and issue this documentary have bring up in the review here and specially because theyre indeed interesting question . surely and the one who could best address it would be the maker of the film themselves . nevertheless and i think i can shed some light upon something that i think have be overlook and which be and in my opinion and the purpose of the film and what it be about and what it try to convey . what it message after all . at the risk of point out the very obvious and i will start say the filmmaker have an intention . theyre try to tell a story and extract mean out of it and get a point across . with this in mind and we can shoot down many of the criticize point and particularly the one involve what people expect in contrast with what the filmmaker be really try to show . cause and consequence of violence . the film be not about that . it not enlighten non brazilian audience about the brazilian favelas issue . well and who want to do that . be afroreggae this or that and support by whom . it doesn not matter in this context . not enough woman in the film for your taste . it not about equality or the feminist cause . every little detail about anderson life and mother and son and family and all the aspect and the working of the afroreggae movement . well and do not be so picky because it doesn not matter . there just so much length a story can have before it can not become a film anymore . if the author be to show everything everyone be expect and they would have to make a 6 month tv series instead . if you be expect all that and you approach the film the wrong way . the film be actually about two individual who start a movement . two individual full of ideal . two individual who thirst for change . two individual try to do something about all the wrongdoing go around them . individual who go rock bottom and want to get up again . it all about find purpose in life and draw inspiration from misery and change the destiny and become something else than what they be destine to be criminal and drug dealer for that matter . it about achievement and hope and not about the cruel reality of violence in rio de janeiro and though it an integral part of the film give that what the character be constantly surround by . unexpectedly and not without a reason and the film end up centered much more on anderson course through difficulty in life . this be because they be face with anderson accident while they be shoot the film . i be not sure about this and but they may have even seriously consider end the filming right there and leave behind all effort spend . but anderson want to keep go . and so they do and risk to lose in have a film with a bit of an identity crisis and consider the sudden change of course and but gain in show someone overcome such a devastate happening . it very evident for who watch it that the film begin about afroreggae and wind up about anderson . it very unique in this sense ( the shift of the story line ) . maybe their only sin be not make it evident upfront and which may initially rise expectation that will go unfulfilled . a for the importance or ordinariness of anderson and i would say not everybody want to change the whole world and end all violence and fee all the hungry and be like mahatma ghandi and be as know a mother teresa or whoever other know personality there be . it much easy to relate to and draw inspiration from someone who be and such a everybody else in fact and try to transform his or her own harsh life and raise problematic kid and cop with permanent injury or disease and even manage to pay the bill by the end of the month . to understand the movie you have to see that about leave behind a past of involvement with drug and crime and make up for it and and try to persuade others not to go down the same troublesome path . though you can criticize if the way they choose to do it be effective and doubt the ideology of the method and you can not deny their intention . also and the perception that anderson be special or a chosen one may have partially something to do with the fact that the filmmaker become very involve in the life of the character they be depict . as much a become friend with them . there no way it wouldn not tint the whole movie with a more favorable light over anderson . if a dear friend become paralyze in an accident and it not just a fact and you make a big deal out of it . and this be not necessarily bad . it not much that they treat him like a chosen one as much a they go to great lengths try to show him a a seed for transformation and source of inspiration . in conclusion and do not watch this documentary for the scene of the reality of poverty and crime it contain and watch it for what it be much more and an inspirational story . nike ad like . seem just damn good and professionally make to me and doesn not affect or detract from the intention of the film . romanticize . speculate on it credential a a documentary if you will and but why not when it suppose to cause reaction and inspire . isn not try to good people live through music and dance the essence of what the subject be try to do romanticize the very own reality . pardon me and but show just the plain fact be what reporter do and you can watch it on tv every night . if i want to become a filmmaker and i wish my first film would also be this great .