Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play This the story of a doctor working at the state prison Carandiru in order to implement an AIDS prevention programme Volunteering his work weekly this film tells the stories of the inmates he meets before the infamous Pavillion 9 massacre of 1992 when 111 unarmed inmates were killed Murderers rapists stool pigeons drug addicts They were the feared ones the criminals who really ran Carandiru Brazil&s largest correctional facility Ebony an honorable thief & respected leader; Highness a smooth operator with two families to support; Ezequiel an ex-surfer turned crack addict; Dagger a brutal killer with God on his side They were among the prison&s elite the select few who ruled Carandiru by their own codes & laws A rule that would end in bloodshed when 300 policemen stormed the facility & brutally murdered 111 unarmed inmates This is the true story ofthat infamous day in October 1992 a day that shocked the world The day of the Carandiru Massacre