IN THE SHADOW OF THE HILL Feature Documentary

In preparing for the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2016 Summer Olympics, Brazilian authorities created police units to sanitize Rio’s densely populated favelas. The disappearance of 43-year-old bricklayer Amarildo de Souza from Rio’s largest slum drew worldwide attention, pitting a community against duplicitous authorities who may be responsible for thousands of vanished persons. Director Dan Jackson exposes a police establishment shaken to its core by unrelenting locals. — Tom Meenan