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 ...

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 new documentary, Bus 174 tells the story of a Brazilian bus hijacking three years ago. The event, broadcast live, riveted South Americans to their televisions. Los Angeles Times film critic Kenneth ...

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 ...

They fight like brothers. They wreck like legends.

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 ...

Documentary depicts what happened in Rio de Janeiro on June 12th 2000, when bus 174 was taken by an armed young man, threatening to shoot all the passengers. Transmitted live on all Brazilian TV ...