“Bus 174” is an intimate and shocking documentary about a real-life Brazilian crime, one of the most famous in that country’s recent history: the “Onibus 174” kidnap-hostage standoff in Rio De Janeiro ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

On June 12, 2000, the botched robbery of a passenger bus in Rio de Janeiro by a drugged-out, armed youngster turned into a four-hour standoff broadcast live on TV. The events of that unforgettable day ...

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 ...

Bus 174 The political map of the taut, suspenseful Brazilian documentary Bus 174 is laid out in an aerial shot that floats over the wealthy side of Rio de Janeiro’s mountain topography and then down ...

Doha Film Institute (DFI)’s Qatar Brazil 2014 Cinema Showcase, in partnership with Qatar Museums, continues this month with the Brazilian documentary, Bus 174, by Jose Padilha and Felipe Lacerda. The ...

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 ...