Denying Brazil [A Negação do Brasil]

Release Year
2000
Runtime
1h 33m
Genres
Documentary
Directed By
Joel Zito Araújo
Denying Brazil

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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