Social Issues In City Of God

Decent planning plays a significant role in the social and economic development of every city. Movies and films use various settings to reflect the planning and structure of different regions in the world. For example, the film City of God by Fernando Meirelles. It focuses on the social network in a planned community intending to undergo restructuring after experiencing a natural disaster. The movie shows the impacts of poor organization and design in a city. The concerns are evident in the lifestyle, setting, and characters of the film. For example, through the primary personality, Rocket, the viewer can understand the harsh and brutal realities of the lives that people go through in the city (Gottdiener and Hutchison 7). Even though the film seems convincing and fascinating, it is a misery film providing a superficial depiction of urban centers in Brazil, where the social divisions are extremely extensive to bridge, and millions face violence and inhumaneness preventing them from contributing towards change.
The film bases on a famous novel of a similar name by Paulo Lins. The shooting of the
Overall, the movie supports what `I have learned. It illustrated the fact that poor planning leads to the formation of poor neighborhood. Consequently, poor neighborhood generates many vices including drug abuse, burglary, rape, theft, violence, and no education. The film is a clear indication of many poor neighborhoods around the globe. They face many challenges as highlighted while the actors represent the average people who live in those cities. City of God is beneficial in resource planning, supporting relevant agencies in identifying problems that interfere with the development