Bus 174 (2002)
- HD 1080
- Runtime: 118m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: pt
- Country: Brazil
- Director: José Padilha
- Stars: Yvonne Bezerra de Mello, Sandro do Nascimento, Rodrigo Pimentel, Luiz Eduardo Soares
- keywords: police brutality, slum, hostage, rio de janeiro, hijacking, bus hijacking, teacher, massacre survivor, street kid, homeless teenager
- Production_studio: Zazen Produções
- The Bus 174 is featured in the top rankings of 2002
- #7 in Top Crime Movies of 2002
- #6 in Top Documentary Movies of 2002
Documentary depicts what happened in Rio de Janeiro on June 12th 2000, when bus 174 was taken by an armed young man, threatening to shoot all the passengers. Transmitted live on all Brazilian TV networks, this shocking and tragic-ending event became one of violence's most shocking portraits, and one of the scariest examples of police incompetence and abuse in recent years.