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Surfing documentary Rio Breaks DVD release August 31, 2010 The Sundance Channel co-production nominated for Best Documentary at Hawaii International Film Festival Click to watch the Rio Breaks trailer  "Gentle, touching and gorgeously lensed, Rio Breaks meshes a heartfelt hymn to surf-love with a harsh tale of slum survival. It's a beautifully bittersweet vision of growing pains on the rough side of Rio, intimately unpeeling favela life's poverty, violence and angst while still shining with the fragile hopes and joys of childhood." -- Jonathan Crocker, Little White Lies Magazine |
Set against the volatile and dangerous world of the favelas, Rio Breaks tells the story of two surf-obsessed friends, 13-year-old Fabio and 12-year-old Naamã. The pair live in Rio de Janeiro’s Favela do Pavão, which is controlled by one of the city’s most dangerous drug gangs. However, their attention is focused on the waves of Arpoador Beach and on a coming surfing event that may help them become professionals and escape the world of gangs. Nominated for Best Documentary at the Hawaii International Film Festival and winner of the Special Jury Mention at the San Sebastian Surfilm Festibal, this Sundance Channel co-production by Director Justin Mitchell (Death Cab for Cutie: Drive Well, Sleep Carefully, Jenny Lewis: Welcome to Van Nuys, Ted Leo: Dirty Old Town & Songs for Cassavetes) and Writer Vince Medeiros (Surfing & Huck Magazine) is an inspired and hugely original documentary that takes the surf film genre into never-before-seen territory.
As a result of Rio Breaks' screening on Brazilian television, Naamã's dream came true when he went surfing with multiple world surfing champion Kelly Slater in Hawaii.  Rio Breaks will be available on DVD and as a digital download from the Factory 25 website beginning August 31st (pre-order now available). In addition to Rio Breaks, indie film & vinyl label Factory 25 is releasing SEVEN titles in 2010 including Brock Enright: Good Times Will Never Be the Same and the Brock Enright/Kirsten Deirup album Torben, Until The Light Takes Us, Sir Henry At Rollinson End, You Wont Miss Me, Wah Do Dem and Make out With Violence. For more information about Factory 25 and Rio Breaks screeners, contact: Jessi Hector//Goldest Egg -- jessi@goldestegg.com  Rio Breaks Release Date: August 31, 2010 Label: Factory 25 Director: Justin Mitchell Length: 85 minutes Year: 2009 Formats: Standard DVD, Digital Download Tech Details: English, Color, 1.78:1 Widescreen, Dolby Digital, NR, NTSC, Region 0 Single Disc Extras: -Short film: Living Cantagalo -Deleted scenes -Original fundraising trailers _________________________________________________________ DIGITAL MEDIA LINKS Rio Breaks Trailer Link Rio Breaks hi-res DVD cover Media Page (photos, logos, stills, etc.) _________________________________________________________ WEB/SOCIAL NETWORKING LINKS Factory 25 Official Website Rio Breaks Official Website Rio Breaks on Facebook Rio Breaks on F25 F25 on Facebook F25 Twitter _________________________________________________________ CONTACT Ms. Jessi Hector jessi@goldestegg.com AIM - Phooty72 www.goldestegg.com www.myspace.com/goldestegg   |
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