I have chosen Káita Lund and Fernando Meirelles’ 2002 crime film City of God for my textual analysis. The film is set during the 60’s-70’s in the slums of Rio de Janeiro which follows two boys named Rocket and Lil’ Dice, later Lil’ Zhe, growing up surrounded by gangs and drugs with one keeping to the legal side and the other becoming the biggest kingpin around. I have chosen the section of the film between 00:55:15 – 01:00:15 which is around halfway through the film. In this segment, Lil’ Zhe confronts Carrot, his biggest rival, for allowing a group of children, named the Runts, to perform hold-ups on his territory. Carrot tells him to do one and leaves. Lil’ Zhe then manipulates a young delivery boy in his gang, nicknamed Steak’n’Fries, into shooting one of the Runts. To analyse this section, I am focusing on the editing and the direction. The context examined focuses on socio-economic, political & historical factors surrounding the film and its production