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Brazilian academic Bianca Freire-Medeiros (who specialises in favela tourism) has found that since the films release in 2002, favela tour participation has greatly increased. "After the movie...Rio de Janeiro favelas became...hyped", Leandro Firmino (who played Lil Ze in the film) told interviewers in a follow-up documentary to the movie. Around 40,000 people visit Rocinha (the most tourist-friendly of Rio's favelas) per year making it the fourth most visited "attraction" in Rio.