Dancing with the Devil

Rio de Janeiro September 2008 Three men stalk the gloomy backalleys of the citys notorious slums Spiderman a 28yearold drug lord embarks on a routine patrol through the shadowy streets of Coréia the sprawling slum he controls Inspector Leonardo Torres a musclebound operative from Rios drug squad inches through the alleys of another shantytown shots ringing out around him And Pastor Dione an evangelical preacher intent on ending Rios drug conflict trawls the slums for lost souls With unprecedented access to some of Rios most wanted men Dancing with the Devil in the City of God tells the story of Rios drug war through the eyes of three men locked into one of the bloodiest urban conflicts on earth Written by Jon Blair and Tom Phillips