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In 1970, at the height of repression by the military dictatorship, five imprisoned guerrillas came to the public to renounce the armed struggle and praise the regime. With the repercussion of the declarations, the government decided to transform the retractions into a State practice. He started to torture opponents to make mea-culpa. Until 1975, around forty prisoners participated in the “repentances”, as they became known. Os Arrependidos recounts the little-remembered story of former militants who, very young, dropped everything to risk their lives for a cause, were arrested and tortured, and became a propaganda weapon for their enemies.

Different costumers shop in a supermarket that sells words and ideas.

A work that brings together the voices of women of different ethnicities to tell, from each one's point of view, about the confrontations and pride in being an indigenous woman and helping to preserve their territories, cultures and ancestral knowledge.

For 20 years, a subculture has emerged in Brazil under society's radar. It is the culture surrounding 'funk carioca', a musical rhythm which mixes the American electronic funk of the 1980s with the most diverse influences of Brazilian music. 'Baile funk' is one of the most interesting musical movements in the world, but it comes from what is at times one of the most violent and poorest places in the world: the slums of Rio de Janeiro (favelas). This music is the personalization of the raw element. Bombastic rhythms coming from the American Miami Bass and samples are fused with powerful rap vocals using Brazilian slang. This documentary tells stories of sex, love, poverty, and pride among Rio's marginalized people. They have their own language, style, and heroes. It's a film that's fast, heavy, and violent like the city itself.

A film director faces a complex situation in the production of his new film: Laerte, the protagonist of the story, begins to renegade her former characters, the Pirates of the Tietê. Lost in this situation and determined to be faithful to his whims after seeing the approach of death, the director decides to tell his drama mixing his persona with the story, creating a chaotic labyrinth between fiction and real life.

Deep Brazil. Between drifting through a city in the interior of Mato Grosso on the banks of the BR-163, we follow moments of the routine of Ana Rúbia, who is preparing for the launch of the book “School Memories of Travestis”.

Documentary that chronicles the trajectory of the journalist, federal deputy, secretary of state, minister of state, governor and ambassador José Aparecido de Oliveira, who lived with the greatest authorities and personalities from the political, business and cultural circles in Brazil and the world.

In this special documentary, learn all about the details that made the two games of the 2025 Campeonato Paulista final go down in Corinthians' history as the team won its 31st championship.

Electromagnetic landscapes and marginal poetry on a holiday.

São Paulo, Brazil. One of the biggest cities in the world. Actually, the largest metropolis in cultural crossings and color blending in a huge compositions and social experiences, especially in its musical soundscapes. São Paulo Jazz Symphonic, a single Ship in world's performances, represents a sound metaphor to this cultural phenomenon, combining popular culture and scholar arrangement. In a magic point of view and atmosphere, cinema and music get together as a symphonic picture, a syncromic film language. Light and sound projected in rhythms and line to reveal 90 musicians, among them Cyro Pereira, to create a fabulous method to play and produce world mainstream arts. This trip reveals the meaningful strength from popular culture in Latin America history, by aesthetics emotion and thrilling images through five years shooting endurance.

Cleaning campaign for the Carioca River carried out by residents of Guararapes and the surrounding areas exposes the fragility of urban rivers in the city of Rio de Janeiro.

Documentary about Brazilian poet Carlos Drummond de Andrade, and the many facets of his work.

We question the most unquestionable period in our history. The result was an international investigation with part of secret attempts, discovery of Soviet documents and a lot of investigation by the Brazilian media. It was all under our eyes.

Fourth chapter of the "Atlas", "The Crystallization of Brasília" explores the ideia of the future as a petrified past. In an accelerated geological time, centuries crystallize in a few months in the form of a city. This process is driven by the force of mystical rationalism, who has the power to embalm ideas and social structures so that they last forever.

Rescue historic community of Caldeirão, devout religious movement led by José Lourenço, who organized a camp in primitive socialist mold. The community was destroyed by police from Ceará and bombing by planes, leaving more than a thousand peasants killed. Through testimonies and symbols of popular culture, the film is a reflection on the power, freedom, and struggle for land.

Director Lincoln Péricles revisits memories recorded since he had access to cameras and microphones, putting together a film in the form of a rap mixtape, combining sounds and images from Brazilian cinema and denaturalising the images of work.

“Pioneiros” narrates the saga of the brothers Mário and Renato Spinelli, descendants of Italians who actively participated in all national political movements between the 1920s and 1970s.

In an intimate testimony filmed inside his own home, an artist reflects on art, detachment, and the need to keep creation free from ownership. As he prepares to give away a series of paintings to strangers, he questions value, ego, and permanence, searching for the rare sense of freedom that only art seems capable of offering.

In June 2022, British journalist Dom Phillips was murdered while working with the indigenist Bruno Pereira in the Javari Valley, one of the remotest regions of the Brazilian Amazon. The brutal deaths of Dom and Bruno shocked the world and exposed the unprecedented attack against indigenous communities and those fighting to preserve the environment. Where the Forest Ends is a personal essay in which filmmaker Otavio Cury reflects on the loss of his friend Dom, revisiting the first journey they made to the Amazon and the films they made together.

One of Brazil's leading classical pianists, Caio Pagano has lived abroad for decades. In "Pagano," he is filmed during a visit to the Teatro Cultura Artística, which was destroyed by a fire in 2008. The film explores his album "Últimos Pensamentos Musicais," which features the final compositions of greats like Liszt, Beethoven, Schumann, and Camargo Guarnieri, among others.

During Carnival in Rio de Janeiro a group of men follows the tradition of dressing up as a woman. Only some of them started timidly, a few members of a circle, but the custom has been expanding year by year to become legion. Their wives help them to get the costume, but husbands usually prefer to go to the parade without them.

Footage from the first ever São Paulo LGBTQ Pride Parade, which took place on the 28th of June 1997 on Avenida Paulista. The annual event would go on to become the largest pride parade in the world.

The documentary tells the story of the construction of the Irapé dam, located in the Jequitinhonha Valley, and its consequences, drawing a parallel between two affected communities.

A documentary set in São Paulo, Brazil, about transsexuals who talk about theirs lives and problems.

A documentary in which the myth Toniolo, the best-known tagger in Porto Alegre, is unveiled. The film features exclusive interviews in which Toniolo himself tells his life and ideals.

Fancy Pea is a Brazilian documentary produced, written and directed by Werner Schumann, in the year 1985, reporting facts about the life and work of the Brazilian writer, poet, translator and professor Paulo Leminski. The program was shown on TV in 1985 and 1989 (at the time of the death of the writer).

In 1963, global icon Paulo Freire led an experimental project teaching hundreds of rural farmers to read, write and vote in Brazil, until he was arrested and forced into exile during a U.S.backed coup d'etat.

Dignity is a good reason to fight, or to walk away? Past and present issues on immigration, gender, and dignity in countries - Italy and Brazil - that share many similarities, starting from a biased relationship with their national memory.

In four acts, dancers combine steps of frevo, a traditional Carnival dance of Pernambuco State (Brazil), with others typical of contemporary rhythms like funk, swingueira, electro, and vogue.

Pode Entrar: Multishow Registro is a DVD by one of the greatest singers from Brazil, Ivete Sangalo. It was recorded at the singer's house in Salvador, in a more intimate mood, when she is visited by many guests, great names of Brazilian music as Maria Bethania, Lulu Santos, Saulo Fernandes and Carlinhos Brown, among others, and the duet with her sister, Monica Sangalo, the song "Completo".

For decades, the countries of Africa's Sahel region have been targets of colonialism and exploitation by France and other Western powers. "Sahel: Homeland or Death" explores the popular resistance and new development paths forged by Burkina Faso, Niger, and Mali after experiencing civil and military uprisings in recent years.

The UN estimates street children worldwide at 150 million. In Latin America, they are 40 million. In Brazil, street boys and girls felt so enchanted by a camera that they took it as their own to express themselves and fight the silence.

It was 24 hours with him. I saw him shake his ass with a friend. Scrubbing tile corners. Have egg salad for lunch. Buy cleaning products. Rehearse in the studio. Playing with children on the grass. In a huge theatre, review texts about scenes of decolonization. Smoke one, or two. Problematizing on the bus. Undressing on the couch in my house. Sleeping without fitting into the bed because you are too tall. I saw the sun bursting on your skin in the morning and said goodbye. I thought a standard session wouldn't encompass the complexity of an intimate recording. So I was his voyeur for 24 hours. Uninterrupted.