Dear All,

We will be showing two documentaries in the run-up to the Symposium “Brazil: Resistances to the Far-Right”, which will be on the 14 June 2019, with confirmed presence of Jean Wyllys and Tereza Campello. http://bit.ly/BrazilResistances

Please see below for more details about the films. Please share widely, thanks!

1) The Trial (“O Processo”, Brazil, 2018, 2h20min). Documentary with English subtitles. Director: Maria Ramos.

Date: Tuesday, 11 June.

Time: 7pm.

Location: The Old Abbey Taphouse, Guildhall Close, M15 6SY Manchester. [Pizza Night, two for one!]

Facebook Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/894318594250860/

Synopsis: The Trial portrays the trial of Dilma Rousseff, focusing on the defense team, who struggles to prove her innocence against a majority vote by a Congress riddled with corruption. A tale of betrayal and corruption, the film presents Rousseff’s personal story: herself imprisoned and tortured by the country’s former military dictatorship, she now faces impeachment accused of fiscal crimes. The Trial witnesses how the impeachment triggers a profound political crisis in Brazil. It looks at the collapse of the democratic institutions and at the economic and geopolitical interests at the very heart of this crisis. The film offers a behind-the-scenes look at this historical moment.  

2) Among Righteous Men (“Entre Homens de Bem”, Brasil, Estados Unidos, 2016, 94 min.) Documentary with English subtitles. Director: Caio Cavechini, Carlos Juliano Barros. 

Date: Wednesday, 12 June.

Time: 2pm.

Location: Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology. Arthur Lewis Building, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, M13 9PL Manchester. 

Facebook Event Page:  https://www.facebook.com/events/1242351682602818/

Synopsis: Jean Wyllys is more than a singular character in a conservative national congress of Brasilia. For three years, this documentary accompanies the steps of the Deputy, spokesman for the LGBT cause. In addition to drawing his profile, the documentary shows the prologue of the crisis of representation and the polarization of Brazilian politics.

Best wishes,

The Organisers.

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