How far can it be argued that your chosen fillm prodices a realistic representtion of the people and places they focus on?

The film City Of God is based on the real life experiences of people that live in Rio De Jeneiro. The reality of Rio is that over 7 million people live in farelas and inhabitants have a really low life expectancy ,they are not expected to live past their teen years thanks to the lifestyle that people have there. Violence is a norm there, in the documentary "Favela Rising" it was said that whilst the kids who didn't live in the farelas were going to sleep in cribs listening to bed time stories, the kids who lived in the ferelas go to sleep wherever they can find whilst listening to gun shot and peoples screaming. Violence is obviously one of the main themes of City Of God, but it is not just fiction - it is the reality for people who live in the farelas. The people in the documentary also mentioned how the experiences that they had as a child have affected them for the rest of their lives, they cannot remove the violent memories from their minds and will be with them for the rest of their lives. This gives the impression that they are trapped and will be forever haunted by their life in the farelas, which is implied in the film using visual binary opposition which symbolises the the lack of escape - in the ending scene where rocket is surrounded by the police and the gang, the camera pans around to show that he has no means of escape. Sound also shows how the people feel trapped, they are always preoccupied with the thought that time is passing and they are not going anywhere else which is shown in the ticking sound showing the negative passing time.