Documentary
3 ex-presidents of Brazil, 12 ex-ministers of State, 7 ex-governors of the Central Bank, bank owners and finance specialists tell the Brazilian economic history and speculate about the present and the future of the country. 125 years ago Brazil was a poor country with slavery. 60 years ago 50% of Brazilians were illiterate. 25 years ago inflation rate reached 84% a month and 35% of the population was extremely poor. In 2013, Brazil ranks the seventh world's largest economy, inflation reached 5,4% a year, poverty was reduced to 12% and the country is looking forward to be wealthy. Will it happen? Agile cutting, simple language and smart graphic arts allow the answer to this and other questions to be interesting and available to all audiences.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
O Fabuloso Fittipaldi
Waldick, Sempre no Meu Coração
The Edge of Democracy
O Pistoleiro de Serra Talhada
Like Water Through Stone
Libelu: Down With The Dictatorship
Danado de Bom
Guaicurus Street
Jango
The Mighty Spirit
Maria Bethânia: Música é Perfume
We Feed the World
3 Champions
O Rap Pelo Rap
Hércules 56
Você Também Pode Dar um Presunto Legal
A Farra do Circo
The Scavengers
Frustrated
Miller & Fried – The Birth of Football’s Country
SIMILAR MOVIES
O Fabuloso Fittipaldi
IMDB 0 | Jan , 1973
Documentary about race car driver Emerson FittipaldiWaldick, Sempre no Meu Coração
IMDB 5 | Aug , 2009
The documentary narrates the trajectory of Waldick Soriano, from the time he was a gold miner to his consecration as one of the icons of Brazilian music.The Edge of Democracy
IMDB 7.7 | Jan , 2019
A cautionary tale for these times of democracy in crisis—the personal and political fuse to explore one of the most dramatic periods in Brazilian history. With unprecedented access to Presidents Dilma Rousseff and Lula da Silva, we witness their rise and fall and the tragically polarized nation that remains.O Pistoleiro de Serra Talhada
IMDB 0 | Dec , 1977
A documentary by Eduardo Coutinho about a hired-gun from Brazil's Northeast.Like Water Through Stone
IMDB 8.8 | Nov , 2009
In the Espinhaço Mountains one winter, a group of small-town Brazilian girls are experiencing the end of their youth. Impossible romances leave marks on their bodies and the surrounding landscape. Each of the friends finds her own particular way to overcome the loneliness and to live within a tangle of uncertainty.Libelu: Down With The Dictatorship
IMDB 0 | Sep , 2020
In the 1970s, they were championing the fight against Brazil’s military dictatorship. Forty years later, what’s left of Libelu? What does adult life have in store for you after the revolutionary youth?Danado de Bom
IMDB 5 | Mar , 2016
Born in Arcoverde, in the backlands of Pernambuco, the lonely boy who was raised by his father after his mother left, João Silva soon discovered a passion for the northeastern rhythms, such as the baião, xote and forró. He went to Rio de Janeiro when he was still a little boy to meet the idol Luiz Gonzaga. Both men, who were not very fond of each other when they first met, became not only great friends but also partners in many hits like “Doutor do Baião”, “Nem se Despediu de Mim” and “Pagode Russo”.Guaicurus Street
IMDB 4.3 | Jul , 2022
A red-light district in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. The camera is admitted into a "running house". Love for sale looks like a routine, dreary assembly line exercise here, sometimes almost like a comedy.Jango
IMDB 6.9 | Oct , 1984
The story of João "Jango" Goulart, the Brazilian left-wing president deposed by the military.The Mighty Spirit
IMDB 6.6 | Aug , 1999
An overview of brazilian spirituality and religions.Maria Bethânia: Música é Perfume
IMDB 7.2 | Aug , 2005
Brazilian singer Maria Bethania has a 40-year singing career. A documentary shows her concerts and famous family.We Feed the World
IMDB 7.3 | Sep , 2005
A documentary that exposes the shocking truths behind industrial food production and food wastage, focusing on fishing, livestock and crop farming. A must-see for anyone interested in the true cost of the food on their plate.3 Champions
IMDB 7.7 | Oct , 2011
An intimate look at the history of Brazilian drivers from the '70s to the '90s, an era in which Brazil dominated Formula 1 racing, from the colorful point of view of its protagonists, especially Fittipaldi, Piquet and Senna, but without forgetting the drivers who failed to reach the profession's pinnacle, and the many behind-the-scenes helpers.O Rap Pelo Rap
IMDB 6.5 | May , 2014
To do this documentary, the director Pedro Henrique Fávero featured 42 characters - among MCs, DJs and producers - to make a detailed map of its kind in the country. Without mincing words, they speak openly here about 8 topics proposed by the film and try to understand Hip Hop in Brazil. The result is a collection of stories from a lot of fighting, where there are many eternal start-end-start, overcoming the difficulties of being understood and feeling of belonging to a group and many clichés.Hércules 56
IMDB 5.8 | Nov , 2006
Documentary featuring contemporary interviews with 5 of the revolutionary activists who kidnapped US ambassador Charles Embrick in August 1969 in Rio de Janeiro and some of the political prisoners who were freed from prison in exchange of the ambassador's liberty and flown out of Brazil to Mexico in an army cargo airplane "Hércules 56".Você Também Pode Dar um Presunto Legal
IMDB 0 | Jul , 2006
Amid the civil-military dictatorship implanted with the 1964 coup, Sergio Muniz had the idea of making a documentary about the action of the Death Squad. At the time, the press still had some freedom to disseminate the work of these death squads formed by police officers of various ranks, and that he acted on the outskirts of cities like Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. The victims of police repression (as today) were men, poor and black, and this condition is supposed criminals.A Farra do Circo
IMDB 9 | Nov , 2013
This documentary highlights the evolution of Brazil's Circo Voador venue from homespun artists' performance space to national cultural institution.The Scavengers
IMDB 8 | Jan , 1993
In this documentary Coutinho examines the plight of the people who live off the waste of the Brazilian cities. These people make their living by scavenging the immense urban garbage dumps searching for whatever they can find to sell as well as whatever they can find to eat.Frustrated
IMDB 0 | Jan , 2011
Afro-American men and women express their views on why some Black men are travelling from the US to Brazil to find sex partners.Miller & Fried – The Birth of Football’s Country
IMDB 10 | Jul , 2016
In the ending of 19th century Brazil was boiling. The end of slavery, the arrival of immigrants and urbanization moved the country. In this scenario, football comes from England with the young Charles Miller and undergoes a revolution with the magical feet of Arthur Friedenreich.