brazilian army crushes a revolt

We have learned that Brazil is the result of a Portuguese invasion and that, in our history, there is nothing virtuous, nothing good. What if we said that Brazil was built with a lot of sacrifice, honor and courage? Discover the biggest historical rescue ever produced in our country.

The only successful armed agrarian uprising in the history of Brazil, after which more than 56,000 plots of land were titled, the Revolta dos Posseiros ended a severe dispute that lasted several years. The documentary A Revolta addresses this topic by bringing together multiple points of view and versions about this very significant and still little-known event.

One of the most important events in Brazilian history, the Búzios Revolt of 1798 was led by dozens of black men who rose up to overthrow the colonial government, proclaim independence and establish a democratic Republic, free from slavery. The boldness of these men called on the people to make the Revolution and the conspiracy spread to the city of Bahia. The seizure of power is near. But the movement is denounced, the government sets up a Devassa against hundreds of people and four of them are hanged and quartered.

Brazil, 1961. In the underground of the Piratini Palace, the governor of Rio Grande do Sul, Leonel Brizola, awaits a bombing by the Brazilian armed forces. The country is on the verge of a civil war, following the resignation of president Jânio Quadros and the movement to keep vice-president João Goulart from taking office. Using the radio transmitter from his improvised bunker, Brizola sets up the Legality movement, to ensure Goulart's right to the presidential chair. Caught in the crossfire, two brothers who are in love with the same woman unite to fight alongside Brizola.

2020, Brazil is ruled by a military crentecracy in alliance with the great agribusiness industry and the armament industry. Free thinking has become a major barrier to the Brazilian government. Anarchists, teachers, artists, small organic farmers, independent publishers and freethinkers have become the new Witches of the 21st Century and are the main targets of this crusade against wisdom. Thus, the Brazilian government created small groups of catechists who visit infidels who dare to think freely, with the mission of purifying their souls.

On September the 4th, 1969, a group of Brazilian revolutionaries kidnap the U.S. ambassador. In exchange for his release, they demand that the Brazilian authorities publish a manifesto they provide, and release 15 political prisoners.

Mid-1970s. When the military regime's "economic miracle" and the victory of the Brazilian football team on the World Cup serve as a distraction for the persecution of opposition leaders by the political police of the dictatorship. Under this context, Jofre Godoi da Fonseca, an alienated middle-class man, is mistaken for Sarmento, a political activist he met at an airport prior to his assassination. He is then arrested for being "subversive".

Inspired by ideas from Che Gueravara and Regis Debray, a group of teenagers decided to create, in the 60s, a guerrilla group in the rural areas of Catolé do Rocha, Paraiba, Brazil. Focused on fighting local oligarchs and the military dictatorship, they ended up in jail - where they discovered a whole different form of revolution.