Hagiography and conspiracy theories mark further decline for Oliver Stone with this soft-ball portrait of Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
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Compelling character study The Outpost sees a Scottish-born eco-warrior try to stage a Pink Flyod concert to help save the Brazilian Amazon.
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In Pictures of Ghosts, Kleber Mendonça Filho considers the shared history of his films, his childhood home, and his neighbourhood of Recife throughout the years.
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Adirley Queiros and Joana Pimenta craft an empowering, if occasionally disorienting, hybrid film with women from the Brazilian favelas in Dry Ground Burning.
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One of the most beautiful films of this or any year, Skin (Pele) is a city symphony, an evocation of what life is like in Belo Horizonte.
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Alex Pritz's collaborative documentary The Territory observes the Uru-eu-wau-wau tribe of Brazil and the fight to save the Amazon.
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Keep ReadingJason O'Hara recounts his experience shooting a documentary amid the 2014 World Cup in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and violent protests.
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