- Djeferson, Barbara, Rayana and Platini live in a drug controlled slum of Rio de Janeiro. Their families are struggling, their homes are physically unstable and everyone they know has dropped out of school. When a big-top circus tent suddenly appears in a nearby parking lot, they decide to take a chance. They learn trapeze, acrobatics, juggling and contortion, then audition for the end-of-year show, rehearse and prepare for the curtains to part on opening night. Along the way, WITHOUT A NET explores the connections between risk, desire, poverty and circus, and celebrates the perseverance of youth in the face of tremendous odds.—R. Gardner
- In an abandoned parking lot in a Rio de Janeiro ghetto sits a circus tent-an incongruous sight, but no more unusual than its motley crew of young performers, searching for a life apart from the drug-related violence around them. As chronicled by first-time filmmaker, Kelly Richardson, putting on a show takes rigor and resourcefulness in their impoverished community, and even this modest production of acrobats and contortionists is not free of injuries and ego clashes. But the big top is their oasis, and the human drama of hope and ambition the greatest show on earth.—Sterling Hedgepeth
- In an abandoned parking lot in a Rio de Janeiro ghetto sits a circus tent-an incongruous sight, but no more unusual than its motley crew of young performers, searching for a life apart from the drug-related violence around them. As chronicled by first-time filmmaker, Kelly J Richardson, putting on a show takes rigor and resourcefulness in their impoverished community, and even this modest production of acrobats and contortionists is not free of injuries and ego clashes. But the big top is their oasis, and the human drama of hope and ambition the greatest show on earth.—Sterling Hedgepeth
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