The best Jair Bolsonaro’s movies
We present our ranking of the best Jair Bolsonaro’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Jair Bolsonaro.
Death to 2020
6.8/10
2020: A year so [insert adjective of choice here], even the creators of Black Mirror couldn't make it up… but that doesn't mean they don't have a little something to add. This comedy event that tells the story of the dreadful year that was — and perhaps still is? The documentary-style special weaves together some of the world's most (fictitious) renowned voices with real-life archival footage.
I Am Greta
7.5/10
Greta Thunberg, a 15-year-old student in Sweden, started a school strike for the climate as her question for adults was, if you don’t care about my future on earth, why should I care about my future in school? Within months, her strike evolved into a global movement as the quiet teenage girl on the autism spectrum becomes a world-famous activist.
The Edge of Democracy
7.3/10
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.
The Forum
7.2/10
In times of rampant populism and increasing distrust of the elite, the filmmaker accompanies the 81-year-old founder of the controversial World Economic Forum over the period of one year in his efforts to implement his leitmotif: to improve the state of the world. Can the WEF contribute to solving global problems? Or is it rather an integral part of the problem?
The Trial
7.3/10
The impeachment and removal from office of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff in 2016 was triggered by a corruption scandal involving, among others, her then vice-president Michel Temer. Director Maria Augusta Ramos follows the trial against Rousseff from the point of view of her defence team. This is a courtroom drama that unfolds slowly: the appearances of the various parties gradually turn the proceedings into something akin to theatre. Inside the courtroom, grand emotions are played to full effect whilst, on the other side of the doors, lobbyists and supporters pace the corridors. Meanwhile, outside, in front of Brasília’s modernist government buildings, demonstrators are chanting like a Greek chorus. Only the main character, Rousseff herself, remains professional and aloof.
Falácias
Your Turn
7.5/10
When numerous schools in São Paulo were slated to be closed in 2015 as a result of the worsening socio-political crisis, students occupied more than a thousand public buildings in an unprecedented act of self-empowerment. Filmmaker Eliza Capai shows the development of the many-voiced protests, using news excerpts, self-conducted interviews and recordings made with activists’ own cell phone cameras. From the first demonstrations in 2013 and continuing all the way to the election of the extreme right-wing presidential Jair Bolsonaro in 2018, Capai’s highly political work becomes more and more relevant with each passing day.
Amérique latine, l'année de tous les dangers
Excelentíssimos
6.9/10
During 2016, a film crew embeds inside the Brazilian Congress while lawmakers plot to overthrow the country's elected president, Dilma Rousseff.
8 Presidentes 1 Juramento: A História de um Tempo Presente
The Stranger in the House
6.8/10
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.
Latinoamérica, territorio en disputa
5.8/10
Documantary film on the dispute for the hegemony of the Latin American continent between conservative forces and popular movements.
Cercados
Behind the scenes of news coverage during the pandemic. Follow the work of the professional press in a fight against denialism.
The Bolsonaro's Myth
To understand the obsession with federal deputy and presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro (PSL) and how his network of support is structured on the internet, VICE went to São Paulo and Rio Grande do Sul to investigate its largest bases of support in the country.
Minha Bateria Está Fraca e Está Ficando Tarde
As the Sars-Covid 19 pandemic increased, Rubiane Maia was in Folkestone, England, and Tom Nobrega in Tarapoto, in the Peruvian Amazon. Both were surprised by the sudden need to cancel planned trips to Brazil, their homeland. The closed borders brought unusual situations and an unknown feeling of exile. As news from Brazil reaches the distance like rocks breaking their computer screens, blurring the line between what is personal and what is collective, the pair of friends share their bewilderment and try to find some resonance amid the overwhelming amount of information that floats the virtual space.
Nem Tudo Se Desfaz
How twenty cents began a conservative revolution.
yellow: distress
A recent experience of being an asian-brazilian.
The crime behind the Amazon climate change crisis
The battle against deforestation in President Jair Bolsonaro's Brazil is also a fight against criminal networks and corruption, drawing in politicians, militias and drugs gangs. The FT follows the fight as it cycles from the cities to the rainforest, and meets the indigenous people trying to save their land
Republic of Evil Ants
One of the greatest pests on the planet, the evil ants destroy the forest to protect their family. Memories of the covid-19 pandemic, eroded by ignorance and negationism. What's left in this great country of worms and viruses?
Uma Fakeada no Coração do Brasil
6.3/10
The documentary follows the events behind the mysterious attack on presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro on 6 September, 2018, when Adélio Bispo stabbed the candidate during a rally in Minas Gerais. Did he acted alone as everyone believes or a conspiracy involving people close to the politician were involved in order to get gain an election? Several questions are raised in this special report.
