Pedro Bial

1980s. Brazilian television exploding in color and auditorium programs not so politically correct. In the middle of this fervor, Augusto Mendes, a young rising actor, seeks his place in the sun. From porn studios to soap operas, he finally finds success and fame when he becomes "Bingo", a TV host clown from one of the audience leader TV shows for children. It turns out that behind the rice powder and red nose, nobody knows who he is.

The documentary retraces the band's meteoric rise, as they became the biggest phenomenon in Brazilian music in 1995 — and one of the most remarkable in the country's history.

A sobering look at the erosion of democracy & freedom of the press in the United States and abroad.

After the death of former Brazilian president Juscelino Kubitschek in a car accident in August 1976, a journalist decides to investigate the case. The death of another former president, João Goulart, in December of the same year, heightens her suspicions of a conspiracy.

Reveals the real, day-to-day life of penitentiary officers from São Paulo, Brazil.

A producer decides to revive the play *The Mystery of Irma Vap* and seeks out one of the original actors to secure the rights. However, a case of document forgery could jeopardize everything.

A comedy addressing the issues of being single in Rio de Janeiro.

The musical special shows an intimate and casual version of Marisa Monte, which features some tracks from the album “Portas”, her latest release.

Five stories by Brazilian writer Guimarães Rosa: in the hinterland of the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, a man fears for his life after having killed one of the dire Brothers Dagobé, outlaws who have great influence over the region; a hitman asks a doctor what's the meaning of a name he has heard; in a farm, the landowner decides to share the use and property of the estate among his employees; a man falls in love with a girl, but she's said to have a dreadful disease; and the local butcher spends half of his time running after his mother and daughter, both utterly mad.

Priscila thinks she is too uptight. When her mother goes on a trip she decides to use her temporary freedom to deal with her uptightness.

Poet, singer, writer, producer, Arnaldo Antunes turns sixty and re-records classics of a unique career.

The life of Brazilian actress Leila Diniz.

"Cassino do Chacrinha" is back on a journey into the universe of the Old Warrior that celebrates the centenary of one of Brazil's greatest communicators: Abelardo Barbosa.

The film follows the birth of Jorge Mautner up to his 17 years. He was born in Brazil shortly after his parents fled the Holocaust. Raised by a nanny who introduced him to Candomblé, Mautner became a precursor of the Tropicália, contributing to the construction of the identity of Brazilian music.

​An unprecedented collection of pictures, characters and historical facts about the city of Rio de Janeiro, rescued by tv networks, documentary filmmakers and foreign journalists over the course of the 20th Century. The film reveals how Rio, its inhabitants and its cultural and natural attributes have been seen by foreigners. This is an opportunity to relive, through the eyes of a foreigner, social, political, technological and mundane events which Brazilians either did not manage to document audiovisually or whose works were lost.​

Journalist Pedro Bial discusses the most important current news in Brazil and in the rest of the world.

A sketch show satirizing Brazilian television programs.

Maria da Graça Xuxa Meneghel, about to celebrate her 60th birthday and more than 40 years in the business, looks back at all the important moments in her life and career. Successes and disappointments, fights and love, she retraces her entire trajectory.

The series approaches BBB as more than entertainment: a reflection of social transformations over the years, promoting debates and reflections that mutually collaborate towards these changes.

Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the newspaper O Globo, the documentary was created by Pedro Bial and combines previously unpublished interviews, historical reconstructions and archives from the newspaper and TV Globo.

An investigation reveals how the famous Brazilian spiritual medium João Teixeira de Faria hid hundreds of allegations of sexual assault and other crimes, covered by a protection network that bends religious fanaticism, violence, fame and power.

The "jogo do bicho" (an illegal lottery of numbers) in Rio de Janeiro is controlled by families whose leaders are also patrons of samba schools. Two of these families are experiencing bloody wars of succession.

With never-before-seen footage, shows and rare interviews, the series bets on the irreverent way of the Brazilian music to narrate its own trajectory.

Na Moral is a Brazilian talk show broadcast by Rede Globo since July 5 2012 and hosted by Pedro Bial. The show includes the participation of three people which complement the theme, 50 people in a audience and a DJ.