Denying Brazil

Also Known As:

A Negação do Brasil

IMDb Rating

8.4

Country

Brazil

Genre

Documentary

Duration

91 min

Release Date

2000

Actors

Joel Zito Araújo Herval Rossano Nelson Xavier Maurício Gonçalves Tony Tornado Maria Ceiça Cléa Simões Léa Garcia Milton Gonçalves Zezé Motta Ruth de Souza João Acaiabe Walter Avancini

Overview

A documentary film about the taboos, stereotypes, and struggles of black actors in Brazilian television "soaps". Based on his own memories and on a sturdy body of research evidence, the director analyses race relations in Brazilian soap operas, calling attention to their likely influence on Brazilian African-Americans' identity-forming processes.

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