A Liga: “Crack” (2011)

The TV show “A Liga” was produced by TV Bandeirantes (Brazil) between 2010 and 2016. In this jornalistic and documentary work, the reporters aimed to live life alongside their “working subjects”, dealing with problematic themes such as drug use, the life of the homeless, the brazilian penitentiary system, among other.

In the episode “Crack”, that aired in 2011, host/reporter Rafinha Bastos spends 1 day alongside the (then) drug user named “Paulo 13”. Paulo lived through life by doing street art (graffiti), however, all his earnings were destined to a daily use of drugs . The episode can be watched, in Brazilian Portuguese, via the folllowing playlist on YouTube.

Image credits: Marco Gomes (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

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2011

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A Liga

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TV Bandeirantes