Official Trailer for Doc 'Apocalypse in the Tropics' on Brazil's Politics

"With truth, we're building new politics in Brazil." Netflix has revealed a trailer for the documentary film titled Apocalypse in the Tropics, the official follow-up film from Petra Costa after making The Edge of Democracy back in 2019 (also excellent). She continues to film & follow Brazilian politics into an extremely tumultuous time when the right wing jackass Jair Bolsonaro is president and the chaos with everyone in the country. When does a democracy end, and theocracy begin? the film wonders. Costa's Apocalypse in the Tropics investigates the increasingly powerful grip that evangelical Christian leaders hold over politics in Brazil. Weaving together past & present, the film holds a mirror up to the rest of the world. With the savage clarity that defined her last film, Costa documents a time of kaleidoscopic confusion and fear with intimate observational filmmaking that braids together the personal, the historic and the mythic. As faith shifts from private refuge to public battleground, Brazil holds a mirror to a world where democracies are being ruined by the power of prophecy. It'll be streaming on Netflix worldwide later in July this summer. A must see for anyone who wants a glimpse into the utter insanity of right wing worldwide politics these days. Watch for it. // Continue Reading ›

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