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The threats posed by religion to liberal democracy are laid out with chilling poeticism by Apocalypse in the Tropics, Petra ...
Petra Costa's sobering new Netflix documentary depicts the hold evangelical Christianity has over far-right politics in Brazil.
For a century, more than 519 sacred objects from the Umbanda and Candomblé—two religions with African origins—were in the possession of Brazil police. This possession and the fight to return these ...
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Petra Costa about the backlash she's faced from Brazil's right-wing government for her Oscar-nominated documentary "The Edge Of Democracy." ...
The Documentary - Brazil: ... Bernardo waited decades to write the book, and argues that violence is such an integral part of Brazil’s history, that it continues to taint the country still.
The Netflix documentary “The Edge of Democracy” offers an intimate look at living through profound ... illuminating things enormously by placing the events within the long history of Brazil.
A recent addition to Netflix in the past week is the documentary entitled “Pelé.” This documentary explores the life of the titular soccer player and the geopolitical climate of Brazil of his era.
Unveiling a lesser-known chapter in Brazil’s history, the documentary “Art of Diplomacy,” co-produced by filmmaker Celina Borges Torrealba Carpi, explores how art became a diplomatic tool ...
Trump expressed his anger in a letter to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva that the trial of former president Jair Bolsonaro for his role in an alleged coup to overturn his 2022 reelection loss was ...