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The work mediated by digital apps and platforms is growing worldwide. But the advance of the “gig economy”, called in Brazil “uberization”, has aroused debates about the precariousness and intensification of work.

This TV series follows politicians, influencers, regretful activists and anonymous voters to show how radicalization took over public debate in Brazil.

Jean Wyllys is one of the MPs of Brazil's National Congress. The politician, who is also a journalist and teacher, fights for minorities, as well as being one of the greatest representatives of the LGBTQ+ cause. Now, he exposes a period of three years of his routine in the public sphere, which provokes a reflection on a time of polarization in Brazilian politics.

A white man, yet forged in the samba de engraxate that had its main stronghold in downtown São Paulo, Germano Mathias became an icon of a musical style that mixed a lot of "malandragem" and poetry. We follow Germano as he recounts his life, journey, and brings us memories of a city that, while it no longer exists, is still hidden from our distracted gazes.

Laessio Rodrigues de Oliveira was the biggest rare book thief in Brazil. After running the scheme from inside the prison, Carmen Miranda's fan tells everything straight away.

The documentary reveals the behind-the-scenes of the construction of Jirau, one of the largest hydroelectric plants in Brazil in the small village of Jaci Paraná, in Rondônia.