O Presidente Improvável

O Presidente Improvável

2022 · Documentary

Directed by Belisario Franca · Written by Lyana Peck

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The fundamental role of the Austrian Archduchess Maria Leopoldina in the independence of Brazil. Through the reading of personal letters and archival images, the film transports viewers to Imperial Brazil, presenting a strong Empress, ahead of her time and politically more prepared than many imagined.

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Soldados do Araguaia · 2017

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During the period of military dictatorship in Brazil, a group of low-ranking soldiers were sent to the Amazônia in order to exterminate the so-called Guerrilha do Araguaia, an armed struggle movement that was against the dictatorship. After forty years, the survivors of this mission report their combat experiences for the first time.

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Bárbara, 60, fed up with society's expectations of aging women, swears off romance to please her son. But when she falls for 35-year-old Davi, she must choose between the role imposed on her or embracing a passionate new love.

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Paula and Marcos have just split up after 20 years together. He is editor-in-chief of a news program and she is a television presenter. They have differing opinions, but remain friends and work partners. But despite this, the relationship of respect between them does not prevent them from having different views on how they should conduct the edition of the best moments of the debate that the TV will show - and that can interfere in the choice of hundreds of thousands of undecided voters.

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A documentary about sex based on the world of funk, the most powerful and popular musical genre in Brazil. Without moralizing, the film reveals how, through the body, dance, lyrics, and experiences of its artists, funk expresses resistance, desire, pleasure, and personal affirmation. Combining footage of dances, bodies in motion, key figures from this universe, everyday scenes, and a beat that makes everyone move, the film celebrates funk as a vital and cultural force in the Brazilian periphery.

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The Paradox of Democracy

The Paradox of Democracy · 2019

The Paradox of Democracy

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Over the 2010s decade, even in different contexts and different democracies, the lack of satisfaction of society with politics became an unifying trait that caused riots in Brazil, the United States, France, Egypt and Ukraine. All of those governments fell, whether by force or by elections, but corruption keeps happening in the new governments. "The Paradox of Democracy" analyzes this problem with the help of intellectuals who have been studying 21st-century political science.

Haydee and the Flying Fish

Haydee and the Flying Fish · 2019

Haydee and the Flying Fish

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Haydee has been seeking justice for victims of human rights violations for 40 years caused by Pinochet’s regime, but today she faces her most intimate battle, the end of a long trial that condemns her torturers, the murderers of the son she carried in her womb. Along the way, health problems will bring back memories of her darkest days.

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Roundhay Garden Scene

Roundhay Garden Scene · 1888

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The earliest surviving motion-picture film, and believed to be one of the very first moving images ever created, was shot by Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince using the LPCCP Type-1 MkII single-lens camera. It was taken on paper-based photographic film in the garden of Oakwood Grange, the Whitley family house in Roundhay, Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire (UK), on 14 October 1888. The film shows Adolphe Le Prince (Le Prince’s son), Mrs. Sarah Whitley (Le Prince’s mother-in-law), Joseph Whitley, and Miss Harriet Hartley walking around in circles, laughing to themselves, and staying within the area framed by the camera. Roundhay Garden Scene is often associated with a recording speed of around 12 frames per second and runs for about 2 to 3 seconds.

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