you think you know ghetto?
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- Meeklo
For those of you that think you know what ghetto is.. Let me introduce you to Ilha Das flores
A constant and verbose off-narrator guides the viewer through the life of a tomato. Beginning at Mr Suzuki's tomato field, the tomato is then sold to a supermarket, where it is acquired by Mrs Anete, a perfume saleswoman, together with some pork.
Together with the rest of the garbage, the tomato is taken to Isle of Flowers (Ilha das Flores), Porto Alegre's landfill. There, the most adequate organic material is selected as food for pigs. The rest, which is considered inadequate for the pigs, is given to poor women and children to feed.
- cannonball0
... ok
- Meeklo0
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isl…
Since its release, Isle of Flowers became one of the most acclaimed non-fiction short films of all time. According to the votes of over a thousand users of the Internet Movie Database, it is the best Brazilian short film[1] and documentary[2] ever made.
- flashbender0
well to be fair pigs are more useful than women.
and they taste better
- Meeklo0
it narrates the story of a tomato that ends up in a landfill in Porto Alegre (Brasil) where it becomes food for pigs, once (and only when) the pigs are satisfied, the owner of the landfill allows women and children to search the organic garbage in small groups, for a few minutes each, so they can take it with them an eat it with their families.
- somatica0
I don't understand. Damnit!... does anyone here speak jive and care to translate?
- Meeklo0
seriously, I know it's long but give it a chance, the film is one of the most amazing things you will see, the narration, the story, the visual aspect of it.. I've seen this many years ago but only now I found it with english subtitles.
Give it a chance you won't be disappointed and it will give you a complete different perspective about what ghetto means.
- sublocked0
ghetto = children of god
go watch that movie.
- mia_free0
Im not ghetto, Im myself.
- flashbender0
ZOMG!
What can I do to help!?!?!?!
- jteore0
Oh I know ghetto