What it takes to survive a day inside Brazil’s favelas

MICHAEL JACKSON’s They Don’t Care About Us favela music video was filmed in Brazil, mainly in the Santa Marta favela in Rio de Janeiro and in Salvador. Directed by Spike Lee, the video shows Michael Jackson dancing and singing in the streets surrounded by locals, drummers, and children, capturing the raw energy and culture of the community Despite initial resistance from the Brazilian government, worried it would show poverty to the world, Jackson’s team pushed forward, turning the shoot into a