How far can it be argued that the films you have studies represent a "realistic" representation of the people and places they focus on

2002 film City Of God explores the lives of individuals in the community of Rio De Janeiro's poverty filled favellas.  A realistic representation of the films narrative is conveyed through the montage ending sequence of real life news footage, the footage shows still images of the real people that the megalomaniac character Lil Ze is based on. His representation as a power hungry villain throughout the rest of the film seems overly dramatic, he is continuously shot with a low angle even as a child during his violent outburst killing those at the motel; and is visually represented as the controller of the favellas through the "power positioning" of him at a physically higher level when sitting on the bricks which will become the basis for the favellas he runs in the future. He is sitting on the foundations of the City Of God and so dramatizes the future of the city which Lil Ze is in total control. The fact Lil Ze is still a child and cinematically shot in this way seems overly dramatized and less likely to be believable for a audience who are not used to this behavior which is a regular occuring in the favellas in Brazil. Backing up this seemingly exaggerated character representation with a real life image creates a much more realistic