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John Baeyens comments on Manda Bala, the Jason Kohn's film chosen as the best documentary of Sundance Festival, and on violence in Brazil. “Until you don’t understand that strange contrast of morale you won’t understand the roots of the violence and the reason why Brazilians take it as a part of their life”.
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