Os gringos conhecem o Rio melhor que eu que moro la.

I was born and raised in Rocinha. I lived there for eighteen years. I'm honored because Drew and his crew took some time to understand and explore our reality. Thank you and all Cloth Map supporters.

As for the birds, men like to raise them because of their singing, if a bird has a really good singing it can easily go for more than a thousand dollars. People raise and trade their birds with each other. It's kinda like pokemon but in real life.

The woman was my guide in Rio, She is amazing.

A quick tip for Americans: the NH in brazilian portuguese sounds like the Ñ in spanish. So it would be like "Rociña". It's just like the word piñata. Great video btw!

Wow. This was incredibly interesting. The female guide was excellent

Legendas em português!

Praying for my brothers and sisters in Brazil’s favelas right now. Hearing about how cops are as bad a thugs over there. The story of Joao Pedro truly left a hole in my heart.

My family in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, they essentially live on the outskirts of a favela. The people in the Favelas are actually some of the sweetest and most warm hearted people I had ever met. I just wanna thank ClothMap for doing this video and showing how the people and living in the favelas are actually like

I swear every video just flys by. They are so engaging I lose track of time and it seems like I just started it and then its over. ITs amazing as always.

Hello. The vídeo is very good and presents your view of the favela with a genuine point of view. But I, as a brazilian have to point out that the comments made by your guide are shallow on some areas. The reality is very complex and it is hard to separate good guys from bad guys most of the time. Police often shoots before asking, many times with prejudice judment. Drug traffic and how it merges with the people from inside and outside favelas is difficult to gasp. I have to agree that the vast majority of people from favelas are regular and kind workers. If you ever came back to Brazil I would suggest that you get to know some of these people. They love games too. For last, I recommend a few videos you can easily find online that show more about this reality. The docummentary "Falcão meninos do Tráfico" and the movies (fiction based on reality) "Cidade de Deus (city of god)" and "Tropa de Elite". Cheers!

Spent some time in Rio and in my experience the cops are just as scary as the criminals. They are 100% ruthless.

"Beautiful chaos" is a perfect way to explain it

Anyone else think it would be kinda cool to have a parkour game set in a favela?

That video game makes the favelas look depressing.

I am a Brazilian-American and I met Marina personally back in 2007 in Rio de Janeiro. I ADORE HER. Went to the very same tour and was mesmerized by the raw reality and her sensitive comments. Thank you for editing this material and uploading it. Beautiful work and hard reality to digest.

Dang I would watch 2 hours of stuff about the favelas. Really outstanding work.

I was born in Rio de Janeiro, but moved to the southern region of Brazil when I was six, up until now, me being 23, I had a lot of fear going back, but this video gave me a new perspective on the people and the place I came from... Thanks for this series, and specially this video, it made my day a bit better :)

Great job, Drew. It's hard to see videos on Brazil and the favelas without patronizing. You achieved something with this. You're getting a new patron! Keep at it!

Everytime I watch one of your videos from Brazil I learn something new about my own country. Thanks, Drew. :) I'm glad you enjoyed your time here with us.

Thank you for putting a human face on this.

"Pacification" and war on drugs in favelas take a lot of innocent lifes, also, police corruption is big around Rio.

As a Brazilian, I thank you for making this and the other vídeos in this series. You were accurate in every detail and still had time to say things that touches the viewer. I hope you keep good memories of your time here!

Hey Drew, I'm brazilian and I'm loving the content from Brazil you are posting. Unlike many others, this is a great series that shows the reality and don't focus on stereotypes like "all brazilians love football, samba and stuff". That isn't quite the reality and it seems that other channels focus on this and even makes the stereotype stronger. Thank you for bringing this awesome content.

This was beautiful Drew. Almost had me tearing up there at the end. You are getting better and better at this. You've got my support.

Amazing work. So grateful that you decided to pursue this project, and I can't believe how much the content has improved in a short time. (Not that the first destination wasn't also great -- but this series legitimately seems like it was done by a huge team of people). Can't wait to see what's next!

TV and light...LEGAL? Hahahah yeah right, that's a "gato"...

This woman is a great guide and you're a great documentarist. Amazing video. Abraço do Brasil, de um carioca.

Amazing as always!

The production quality of your videos is amazing, I am genuinely surprised you don't have more subscribers than you have

All your videos are put together so well. The camera shots are incredible, the stories are great. Keep up the good work :)

Amazing! Thank you, Drew!

That was a great last message, Drew! Very nice series, can't wait for the next ones!

Beautiful video - thanks for sharing those insights!

Excellent work Drew & team!

Nice view from the top of favelas ! Can't wait to see that for real !

Awesome Drew! Keep doing this amazing work

Wonderful job Drew. Beautiful sentiment at the end.

Man, this was great! And such a good guide! Thanks!

Excellent work, guys.

I'm a German doing voluntary work in Sao Paulo for a year. I recently spent a few days in Rio. It's the most beautiful city I have ever seen in my life. Sadly me snd 3 friends of mine got robbed by 4 guys with a gun in the middle of a day in a street that seemed quite nice. I then saw a few policemen and told them what happend. They just told that I was stupid to take my phone with me and that they would kill all the criminals. I think this just shows how undertrained the police are and how the people in the favelas are neglected and marginalized, that they have to steal to get by. It was an amazing city and I loved it and I will definitely visit it again. But you just have to be a bit careful and stick to the roads where most people are. Thanks for reading have a nice day.

Well done. I like and appreciate your attitude and the way you seemed humble while being there. Good ambassadorship. Thank you

This is really well done.

So good. Thank you very much for coming here and showing Brasil to the world. I live in Rio for 5 years and I have never got in a Favela, mostly because of fear, and I confess I still don't have the balls to go after this video, despite the fact the people there are mostly respectful and good. I work close to Rocinha and I could hear shootouts at least 3 days this week. It caused me shock at first, but it is curious how used to such a thing one can become, as I now hear it and just keep on with my doings. Brasil needs help. We need politicians to care about us. We need to stop fighting with each other about which political parties are corrupt or not (probably all of them are). We need to educate our children to transform our Country. Sadly, I don't see we getting there. "Not with that attitude". I hope I'm wrong and you can prove me.

Great series! Really nice to see such a nice work!

Man, your videos are awesome! one better than the previous! Thanks for sharing this

You're the real MVP Drew. It's nice to see you enjoyed your time here.

2:56 nice shot!

Great stuff!

Cool video. Thank you for making this.

Amazing. Thank you for this.

Thanks for passing by! We look forward to having you here again. You're always welcome :D

The cheap labor thing did help increase the population and quantity of the favelas, but it's not how it actually started. In the early 20th century, the poor people of Rio de Janeiro (by the time, the capital of Brazil) lived in "Cortiços" (which means "tenements"). In order to attract people and investments to the 20 year-old republic, president Rodrigues Alves established the modernization and urbanization of Rio as the main goals of his government, in an attempt to mask the reality of Brazil. His government enacted the "Lei da Vacina" ("Vaccine Law"), which consisted in forced vaccination of the population. This triggered massive riots and demonstrations, in a thing now known as the Revolta da Vacina ("Vaccine Revolts"). Then, the government proceeded to the aesthetic modernization. For the sake of beauty and urbanization, most Cortiços were destroyed and the people who lived in them had nowhere to live. They took the scrap wood that remained, and literally ran to the hills, where they started building new homes and effectively gave birth to the modern Favelas.

One of the best documentaries about the slums I've ever seen. Im from the countryside and never been into a favela...

Great series. Thanks for the real and sensitive look. No preconceptions or false clichés. Thank you.

Great! Loved this one.

Amazing work!!!

This is quality content! Keep it up guys!

man what a amazing serie, one of the best! congratulation im brazilian and i never see something like that, than show the poor of our country but also the happynes and beauty

Your channel is amazing, keep it up!

Fabulous video. Thanks.

Man I'm in love with your videos.

I don't know how helped you in research but this person is very well articulated

the most accurate vision of Brazil from a gringo's eyes. Congrats and obrigado por ter nos visitado

That was excellent.

Thanks for coming here bro!

Man, as a Brazilian, I loved this series, excited to see other countries.

Good stuff Drew!

like before watching, this channel is awesome

hey guys! i'm brazilian and i want to thank you for the respectful and honest way you captured some of our country and culture. Really nice series to watch and enjoy. keep doing this awesome work!

Great Job!

Favelas both depicted in Dying Light and COD MW2, two of my all time favorite games so it has a deep attraction to me and so searched KZfaq for 'favela' and got this. Know that they are world famous and be proud about it

As a brazilian I love seeing foreign people exploring our culture and reality ! Awesome work

This is one of most beutifull vídeo about our culture. Thank you.

I just visited Rio and although I can't say what it's like to live in Rocinha I must admit that the one day that I spent there was the highlight of my vacation. I will always have love for Rocinha and it's people.

Damn this was good!!! Obrigado irmão 🙏🏾

Excelente vídeo.

Im happy that the lady showing u around was nice and very articulated.She explained very well how things are, without picking sides and stuff The thing u said in the video about Brazil having so much contrast is so true.It made me think about how life is,its never black or white Anyway,u've been doing an amazing job!!!

Incredible!

Awesome!!

Ótimo trabalho de toda a equipe. Por mais inconveniente que seja vocês expuseram uma realidade cada vez mais intolerável. Parabéns a todos do Clothmap. 👍😀

This is honestly the best and most informative KZfaq channel currently! I loose track of time watching these and I learn so much about other cultures! You are so underratted

Amazing Video!

Awesome!

SO DARN GOOD

Que bom que o brasil não foi esquecido !!!!! eu vivo mais no sul do brasil mas ainda vale .

Great video, very respectful and sincere, keep up the great work.

Well done man ... well done =)

Amazing

Amazing series. If I knew you guys were coming to Rio I could have shown you around through a gamer's perspective like the Jogabilidade folks did in SP. Keep up the great work, can't wait to see what gaming is like in other countries!

Amazing video.

Good work.

An incredibly beautiful city.

i'm brazilian, born in Rio de Janeiro and oh my, this video is beautiful. if anyone is interested, there's a movie called "elite squad: the enemy within" which is the sequence to the first "elite squad". it portrays the "pacification" and also problems that came with it (i'm not saying pacification is all bad - the iniciative itself isn't bad at all - i'm saying some corruption and crime organizations took advantage of it). it's actually a very good movie in everything it does, and also it's very realistic considering the reality of Rio de Janeiro. the characters and events are all based on true stories. for example: the police in the favelas are actually not always a sign of "protection" :P, since there are a lot of militias formed by policemen.

nice video Cloth Map :)

Awesome documetary guys, i loved this series and how our country look through your eyes! Do you have plans to comeback and make more footage in the future? I know that you would have much more interesting things to make docs about it :) Thank you for everything and hope to have you guys here again!

I gotta tell it to you guys: thank you for showing the world this before unexplored side of Brazil in all these episodes. Those old console and games, they were my childhood. My parents raised me in a house that became each time more secure, with many layers of fences and high walls. I was allowed to go to stores around but somehow I had no friends which I could go to their houses walking, only school and church friends I had to ask my mom to take me by car. So, games were like my friends somehow. I wasn't living exactly in a favela, but the reality around me wasn't that much different. The city I lived in that time was recently put in a "don't visit at night" list made by the US Embassy, so it's still not that different from a favela. Today I live in other city near Brasília, loving games and still fearing the action of bad people (I got robbed for the first time last year in a street near my house, two months later I got robbed again in the same spot, in broad daylight), so games are still a great option of entertainment. And now I'm trying to became a game developer as a hobby. You showed the world a vision very very close to what was and still is to love games in Brasil! And with proudness and a little bit of shame, we hope for a better future for us and our games, too! Thank you again!

I respect what you do.

You really knew how to explanei Brasil, and I would say that your look on Rio was more close to reality and better explained than Vox Doc.

Wow. Maybe your best episode so far?