“Deep in the heart of the largest slum, or favela, in Brazil, it’s hard to be heard by the rest of the country, let alone the rest of the world.  But people are yelling as loud as they can to protest the disappearance of one of their own, Amarildo De Souza, a brick layer.

De Souza was a victim of Brazil’s attempt to clean up its favelas and the drug trade inside them. In advance of the 2014 World Cup of soccer, a new militarized police force was set up to flush out the drug trade at the time. But a new documentary, In the Shadow of the Hill shows the security force would have a devastating impact on the lives of the people in the favela of Rocinha. The demonstrations for justice triggered by De Souza’s disappearance ultimately led to the conviction of the Major of the police squad and the 24 officers in Amarildo’s death.