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 ...

There was enough drama in a June 2000 bus hijacking in Rio de Janeiro to make it a gripping real-time TV event. When the standoff ended in gunfire, most of the cameras went home. For the filmmakers ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Powerful documentary about a 2000 bus hijacking in Rio de Janiero, which was captured on TV as it happened. Included: the hijacker's impoverished childhood. Directed by Felipe Lacerda and Jose Padilha ...

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 ...