ACADEMY AWARD® NOMINATED DIRECTOR PETRA COSTA
'THE EDGE OF DEMOCRACY'
Nominated for the Oscar® for Best Documentary Feature, Costa's film traces Brazil’s political history in recent decades through her own family story and asks: Was Brazil’s democracy a short-lived dream?
Nominated for the Oscar® for Best Documentary Feature, Costa's film traces Brazil’s political history in recent decades through her own family story and asks: Was Brazil’s democracy a short-lived dream?
The Edge of Democracy premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. It was nominated the Gotham Awards for Best Documentary and Audience Award; the International Documentary Association’s IDA Awards for Best Director, Best Feature, and Best Writing; the Critics' Choice Documentary Awards for Best Political Documentary and Best Narration; and the Latino Entertainment Journalists Association Film Awards for Best Documentary Feature.
The Edge of Democracy was included in The New York Times film critic A.O. Scott’s list of the Best Movies of 2019 and was a New York Times Critics’ Pick.
Filmmaker Petra Costa (ELENA, Olmo and the Seagull) saw democracy take root in Brazil following years of authoritarian rule under a military dictatorship. Gaining unprecedented access to working-party leaders Lula de Silva and his protégée Dilma Rousseff, Costa traces the downfall of both democratic leaders that resulted in the impeachment of Rousseff, the imprisonment of de Silva, and the rise of the far-right. Was Brazil's democracy a short-lived dream? Merging the personal and the political, Costa delves to the heart of her country's unfolding identity crisis, examining widespread institutional corruption while connecting her own family's complex past to Brazil's current crisis. Capturing a unique historical moment, The Edge of Democracy examines the forces at play in the global erosion of democracy.
The Edge of Democracy was included in The New York Times film critic A.O. Scott’s list of the Best Movies of 2019 and was a New York Times Critics’ Pick.
Filmmaker Petra Costa (ELENA, Olmo and the Seagull) saw democracy take root in Brazil following years of authoritarian rule under a military dictatorship. Gaining unprecedented access to working-party leaders Lula de Silva and his protégée Dilma Rousseff, Costa traces the downfall of both democratic leaders that resulted in the impeachment of Rousseff, the imprisonment of de Silva, and the rise of the far-right. Was Brazil's democracy a short-lived dream? Merging the personal and the political, Costa delves to the heart of her country's unfolding identity crisis, examining widespread institutional corruption while connecting her own family's complex past to Brazil's current crisis. Capturing a unique historical moment, The Edge of Democracy examines the forces at play in the global erosion of democracy.
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