The most striking moment of Pelé (David Tryhorn, Ben Nicholas, 2021) is barely in the frame: in the aftermath of the 1970 World Cup Final, as the camera zooms out to capture a mounting pitch invasion, the Italian... Read Article
In Nothing By Accident: Brazil on the Edge, Damian Platt tells the story of Rio de Janeiro, providing a detailed overview of the operation of violence and corruption in the city and how this impacts on favelas, home... Read Article
Petra Costa’s dreamlike, semi-autobiographical films The Edge of Democracy, Elena and Undertow Eyes contain a mixture of highly personal themes and highly-charged politics. Maria Augusta Ramos’ The Trial takes an even deeper dive into the Kafkaesque drama of... Read Article
The case of Amarildo de Souza, the bricklayer who was tortured to death by UPP Military Officers of Rocinha favela on 14th July, 2013, made waves across Brazil and abroad. The story became a symbol of people’s attitudes... Read Article
Brazil is The New America: How Brazil Offers Upward Mobility in a Collapsing World by James Dale Davidson explores the idea that Brazil’s time – for so long a thing of the future – may at last have... Read Article
Brazil on the Rise: The Story of a Country Transformed is written by Larry Rohter, former Rio de Janeiro bureau chief for the New York Times and Newsweek. It charts Brazil’s rise – from colonialism, steamy obscurity and... Read Article
