“Bus 174” is an intimate and shocking documentary about a real-life Brazilian crime, one of the most famous in that country’s recent history: the “Onibus 174” kidnap-hostage standoff in Rio De Janeiro ...

"BUS 174" goes from the seemingly sensational to the sublime at breathtaking speed. What starts off as a documentary about a hostage crisis in Rio de Janeiro deepens with every passing minute. By the ...

ThinkFilm has acquired North American theatrical rights to acclaimed Brazilian documentary “Bus 174,” in one of two deals closed — along with Shadow Distribution’s purchase of Hungarian festival ...

There was enough drama in a June 2000 bus hijacking in Rio de Janeiro to make it a gripping real-time TV event. When the standoff ended in gunfire, most of the cameras went home. For the filmmakers ...

On June 12, 2000, the botched robbery of a passenger bus in Rio de Janeiro by a drugged-out, armed youngster turned into a four-hour standoff broadcast live on TV. The events of that unforgettable day ...

A chronicle exploring what happened in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on June 12th, 2000--Valentine's Day in Brazil--when Bus 174 was highjacked by an armed young man, Sandro do Nascimento, with a dozen ...