A twice-weekly sharing of eco-shwag.
In celebration of Bloggy Giveaways Quarterly Carnival, a new freebie will go up every day this week!
Today’s giveaway is a DVD copy of Manda Bala, a riveting documentary that weaves together a crazy web of poverty, crime, and political corruption in Brazil — beginning in a frog farm, of all places, and ending with the election of a politician despite his history of political scandals.
Unlike the average informative-but-kinda-boring documentary, Manda Bala has an edge-of-your-seat thriller feel. After all, it has all the elements of a mob film or cop drama: Organized crime, abducted women, guns and violence. Except in Manda Bala, everything’s real.
We meet a kidnapper who seems to care little about his victims but wants to improve living conditions in his impoverished neighborhood, a woman who got her ear cut off by kidnappers, a surgeon who invented new ways of recreating ears, a man concerned enough about crime and kidnapping to takes a course on driving a bulletproof car, and a powerful politician, Jáder Barbalho, who wins an election despite his connections to major political corruption scandals where $2 billion went missing, further impoverishing the Brazilian poor.
Manda Bala got banned in Brazil and won a Sundance Grand Jury Prize. Watch the trailer here:
Comment by Sunday to get into the drawing, which’ll happen Monday. Free shipping; US addresses only.
I always like a good documentary.I’ve never heard of this one before, but it looks interesting!
Comment by lisa — January 28, 2009 @ 8:23 am
We’re homeschoolers and I think this probably would come in handy at some point!
Comment by Rebecca — January 28, 2009 @ 8:30 am
Looks like it would be interesting.
Comment by Beth — January 28, 2009 @ 8:57 am
I’ll go for it.
thanks,
Lisa T
Comment by Lisa — January 28, 2009 @ 9:58 am
would like to see it
Comment by Jennifer Barr — January 28, 2009 @ 9:59 am
Oh my gosh, I LOVE this movie. I saw it once and its excellent! I would love to own it. Please count me in for a chance.
kayceewilliams at gmail dot com
Comment by Kaycee — January 28, 2009 @ 11:00 am
I’m Brazilian and lived in Rio as a child. I have family there, and they just say that it’s gone downhill, drastically, even since I last visited a few years ago. I know this would make my dad depressed, but I’m sure it would make him appreciate LA more….
Comment by Bianca — January 28, 2009 @ 12:18 pm
I am always looking for a god documentary and this one looks good
Comment by Jason — January 28, 2009 @ 2:16 pm
Thank you for having this!
I would love to win. Looks like a great DVD.
Thank you
tatertot374@sbcglobal.net
Comment by beth shepherd — January 28, 2009 @ 2:16 pm
This looks interesting! I love learning about different areas of the world and I’m still mourning the loss of my super cable package with all the fun educational channels (why are they only offered on the really expensive package? boo!) so this would be really appreciated. Thanks for the giveaway!
Comment by Merry — January 28, 2009 @ 2:23 pm
That sounds fascinating!
Comment by Christina — January 28, 2009 @ 7:12 pm
It sounds interesting
Comment by Leona P — January 28, 2009 @ 7:13 pm
This seems really good!
Comment by Lis — January 28, 2009 @ 8:04 pm
It has to be good to earn kudos at the Sundance Film Festival. I feel it is good to know about some of the realities facing people in other countries. If only we keep help them all. Thanks,
Cindi
Comment by Cindi — January 28, 2009 @ 9:01 pm
DH and I love documentaries. Thanks for hosting this in a giveaway!
Comment by Jenny — January 28, 2009 @ 9:23 pm
Wow, this one sounds interesting! I’d love to be able to watch it.
Comment by Green Yak — January 28, 2009 @ 11:30 pm
this sounds like a fabulous documentary thanks for the giveaway
Comment by mindy — January 29, 2009 @ 8:29 am
I saw this move. It’s great. I would love to add it to my collection. Thank!
Comment by Gavin — January 29, 2009 @ 10:27 am
oOOo ive been wanting to see this! please enter me into the drawing! thanks!
Comment by Thor Khov — January 29, 2009 @ 12:37 pm
I love documentaries. Thanks for the opportunity!
Comment by Cristina — January 29, 2009 @ 1:37 pm
looks great
Comment by Valerie — January 29, 2009 @ 8:55 pm
This sounds really interesting, thanks!!!!
Comment by Becca — January 29, 2009 @ 11:29 pm
I love documentaries. This sounds good. I’d love to win it.
Comment by Audrey — January 30, 2009 @ 5:55 am
This sounds like an intense film. Thanks for the giveaway.
Comment by Jackie — January 30, 2009 @ 6:06 pm
thanks!
Comment by Steph — January 31, 2009 @ 10:14 am
Fascinating. I hope I’m the lucky one who will be able to pop this into my dvd player next week! :)
Comment by Molly — January 31, 2009 @ 6:45 pm
Lisa (comment 1) is the lucky winner :)
Comment by Siel — February 26, 2009 @ 9:45 pm