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by American

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Jeff Zimbalist Jeffrey Leib Nettler Zimbalist (born 1978) is an American filmmaker. He has been Academy Award shortlisted, has won a Peabody, a DuPont, and 3 Emmy Awards, with 13 Emmy nominations. He is the owner of film and television production company All ...

and Matt Mochary. It was produced by

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and VOY Pictures. It debuted at the

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on April 24, 2005, where it won the award for ''Best New Documentary Filmmaker'' for Zimbalist and Mochary. The film's look at life in

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's slums won it further awards such as ''Best Documentary Film'' from the New York Latino Film Festival and ''Best Feature Documentary'' from

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. The film has won over twenty-five international festival awards and was short-listed for an Oscar. The film focuses on the work of Anderson Sá, a former drug trafficker who establishes the grassroots movement AfroReggae. The group, Grupo Cultural AfroReggae (AfroReggae Cultural Group), was initially intended to draw in adolescents interested in a number of musical genres. These genres include, but are not limited to

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, and hip-hop. Early on, Grupo Cultural AfroReggae offered a different type of education to the youth it attracted. This education included workshops focusing on dance, recycling, football, percussion, and more. The group aims at using music and education to better the lives of youth and prevent further growth of gangs. Grupo Cultural AfroReggae believes that through education, there is a greater likelihood that adolescents will not get caught up in drugs and gang violence.About AfroReggae from Official Website
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interview with Damian Platt
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