Anthony Leeds (January 26, 1925 – February 20, 1989) was an anthropologist best known for his work in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro and on urban-rural relations in Brazil.
Morro da Babilônia, a favela in the Leme neighbourhood of Rio de Janeiro
Belfort Duarte was murdered on his birthday, November 27, 1918, in a favela located in Campo Belo, Minas Gerais state, when he was trying to hide from the Spanish flu.
Born to migrants from the North East of Brazil in the commercial hub of São Paulo, Kleber Gomes a.k.a. Criolo was born in the 'Favela das Imbuias', one of the many shanty towns that girdle the city.
Favela Painting project was featured in a 2012 book titled “Design Like You Give a Damn 2: Building Change from the Ground Up” among other projects such as Make It Right Foundation New Orleans by Brad Pitt and High Line in New York.
"Wipala", the first track on their debut album, serves as a backdrop to the "Brazil Favela" segment of Ron Fricke's 1992 film Baraka.
Sebastian Rulli and Marlene Favela actually co-starred in the 2005 telenovela Contra viento y marea (literally, "Against Wind and Tide", or figuratively, "Against All Odds"), playing star-crossed lovers.