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White House

2025

Dé, Adrianim and Martins are three black teenagers from Chatuba, Rio de Janeiro. When Dé receives the news that Almerinda, his grandmother, is in the terminal phase of Alzheimer's disease, he decides to enjoy the last days of her life together with his two best friends.

The Flower Girl

1972

The country is occupied by the Japanese imperialists. Koppun is selling flowers at the market to get some money to buy medicine for her sick mother. Her brother is imprisoned, her father dead and her sister blind.

How Angels are Born

1996

Two children flee together with a grown up from a slum in Rio because this man had problems with the local drug lord. They end up in the house where a rich American citizen lives with his daughter.

The Violin Teacher

2015

After failing to be admitted into the OSESP Orchestra, a talented violinist is forced to give music classes to teenagers in a public school. He soon finds his world transformed by the power of music and friendships formed with his pupils.

Ponho A Mão No Fogo

2016

The drama recounts the need for dialogue and attention on raising children through their characters: three mothers and their children. Marcia (Dani Tavares) A high-class mother and married, who always had everything and provides the same for your child, Angela (Ruth Cherem) a single mother of middle class, which makes everything so that your daughter does not her make the same mistakes of the past and Deborah (Val Ribeiro Valquiria Ribeiro) a low-class mother abandoned by her husband, who struggles to raise your child the best possible way. What do these women have in common is the love for their children that make it able to do everything for them, but sometimes it takes more to save the family loose links. It takes great faith.

Eu, Minha Mãe e Wallace

2018

The story of a photograph: A single mother, an absent father and a child.

Fuga da Rocinha

2016

Anderson (Andrey Lopes) is a high-class youth living in Copacabana, and Eliza (Maiara Queiroz), a resident of Rocinha,the largest favela in Brazil. The two start a romance, but the first time Anderson meets the community in which she lives, he witnesses a murder.

Da Ponte Pra Cá

2022

Depois vem o Silêncio

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Complexo: Parallel Universe

2011

No Rio de Janeiro, a 13 km do Cristo Redentor, dois portugueses aventuraram-se na mais temida favela do Brasil, onde moram mais de 300.000 pessoas - o Complexo do Alemão. Em 2007, no período de maior tensão e violência no Rio de Janeiro, viveram a maior operação policial já realizada no estado, sentiram na pele como é a vida de um simples morador. O filme retrata este perigoso e complexo mundo, um universo paralelo inserido dentro de uma ordem maior, um mundo à parte, que segue uma ordem diferente da ordem global.

Bala Perdida

2023

Rire (enfin) au féminin

2024

For a long time, in France, comedy was the preserve of men. Female roles were mostly secondary and corresponded to stereotypes such as the pretty doll, the funny but unattractive woman, or the troublesome, even cantankerous wife

Requiem for the American Dream

2015

Through interviews filmed over four years, Noam Chomsky unpacks the principles that have brought us to the crossroads of historically unprecedented inequality – tracing a half-century of policies designed to favor the most wealthy at the expense of the majority – while also looking back on his own life of activism and political participation. He provides penetrating insight into what may well be the lasting legacy of our time – the death of the middle class, and swan song of functioning democracy.

Black and White

1932

The film addresses issues of racism in the Jim Crow American South. Themes of racial injustice, racial violence, working-class solidarity dominate the film. It depicts black men working in a field, walking in chains, sitting behind bars, and being executed in an electric chair. In most scenes, a white authority figure is seen whipping or guarding the men.

The Monopoly of Violence

2020

As anger and resentment grow in the face of social inequalities, many citizens-led protests are being repressed with an ever-increasing violence. In this documentary, David Dufresne gathers a panel of citizens to question, exchange and confront their views on the social order and the legitimacy of the use of force by the State.