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A Masterful New Netflix Documentary Could Show America’s Future

When I watched Petra Costa’s Oscar-nominated 2019 documentary The Edge of Democracy, it was impossible not to be struck by the similarities between her native Brazil’s slide toward authoritarianism ...
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Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Apocalypse in the Tropics’ on Netflix, a Riveting Portrait of the Erosion of the Separation of Church and State in Brazil

Apocalypse in the Tropics (now streaming on Netflix) is a heavy, heavy documentary, the follow-up to Brazilian director Petra Costa’s 2019 must-see Oscar-nominee The Edge of Democracy. For the first ...
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‘Apocalypse in the Tropics’ Documentarian on Brazil’s Surge of Christian Nationalism and Its Own January 6th

Petra Costa, an Oscar nominee for 2019's 'The Edge of Democracy,' discussed her film with The Hollywood Reporter at the recent SCAD Savannah Film Festival. By Scott Feinberg Executive Editor of Awards ...