Belisario Franca

Menino 23: Infâncias Perdidas no Brasil

Belisario Franca

The film accompanies the investigation of the historian Sidney Aguilar after the discovery of bricks marked with Nazi swastikas in the interior of São Paulo. They then discover a horrifying fact that during the 1930s, fifty black and mullato boys were taken from an orphanage in Rio de Janeiro to the farm where the bricks were found. There they were identified by numbers and were submitted to slave labour by a family that was part of the political and economic elite of the country and who did not hide their Nazi sympathizing ideals.

Amazônia Eterna

Belisario Franca

At a time when the world is discussing the impact of human actions on the environment, Amazônia Eterna presents a critical analysis of how the world's largest tropical rainforest is understood and appreciated.

Revolta dos Malês

Jeferson De, Belisario Franca

Shirley Cruz, Allan Rocha

Salvador, Bahia, January 1835. After more than a decade of hard work, Guilhermina, 27, a slave of Muslim origin, finally gets the resources to buy her manumission, as well as that of Teresa, 11, her teenage daughter. But, contrary to an old promise, his “lord”, farmer Souza Velho, refuses to sell the girl's letter. When Pacific Licutan, Salvador's most esteemed Islamic leadership, is arrested by the Bahian authorities, the Muslim community goes into a boiling state and begins to articulate a jihad. In desperation, Guilhermina sees in the uprising the only way to win her daughter's freedom.

Soldados do Araguaia

Belisario Franca

O Paradoxo da Democracia

Belisario Franca

Jacques Rancière, Luiz Felipe Pondé

Over the 2010s decade, even in different contexts and different democracies, the lack of satisfaction of society with politics became an unifying trait that caused riots in Brazil, the United States, France, Egypt and Ukraine. All of those governments fell, whether by force or by elections, but corruption keeps happening in the new governments. "The Paradox of Democracy" analyzes this problem with the help of intellectuals who have been studying 21st-century political science.

Estratégia Xavante

Belisario Franca

Arthur Biagi, Orlando Barbosa

Nazinha Olhai Por Nós

Belisario Franca

On the eve of Círio de Nazaré, one of the largest Catholic festivities in the world, four prisoners - two men and two women - await a pardon specially granted to those who wish to accompany the procession of Nossa Senhora de Nazaré, patron saint of the city of Belém do Pará While making plans for the four days of freedom that pardons guarantee, they revisit their past and reflect on topics such as justice, family and faith.

A'uwê Uptabi - O Povo Verdadeiro

Ângela Pappiani, Belisario Franca

Documentary that shows and explains in detail the characteristics of the culture of the Xavante Indians, such as ceremonial, work, social organization, artistic practices, etc. It also reveals the tribe's struggle to preserve their lands and customs. Historical archive images of the first contacts with the white man.