Surfavela Filming Locations
Where was Surfavela filmed? Surfavela was filmed in 1 locations across Brazil in the following places:
Surfavela Filming Locations
Rio de Janeiro is a huge seaside city in Brazil, famed for its Copacabana and Ipanema beaches, 38m Christ the Redeemer statue atop Mount Corcovado and for Sugarloaf Mountain, a granite peak with cable cars to its summit. The city is also known for its sprawling favelas (shanty towns). Its raucous Carnaval festival, featuring parade floats, flamboyant costumes and samba dancers, is considered the world’s largest.
Surfavela (1996)
Documentary filmed in Rio de Janeiro, in 1996, portraying a surf project as a means of resistance against racism and the precarious life of the young people of the slums of Cantagalo and Rocinha.