Brazil: A Time to Build

(Brasil, país do presente?)
Gustavo Westmann | Documentary

2018 | 63 minutes | Brazil

How is the new generation of Brazilians feeling about the conflicting situation of the country? Diplomat, writer, and filmmaker Gustavo Westmann brings to the screen a renewed type of debate on Brazil in the 21st century.

Synopsis

How is the new generation of Brazilians feeling about the conflicting situation of the country? Diplomat, writer, and filmmaker Gustavo Westmann brings to the screen a renewed type of debate on Brazil in the 21st century.

South America's geographic giant is polarized due to seemingly endless corruption investigations and a less than optimistic economic recovery. In an accessible and constructive way, twelve interviewees discuss Brazil’s advances through broader themes such as corruption, racism and machismo, education, violence, economy, media and culture. Rather than presenting answers, the documentary aims to stimulate reflections on the structural challenges facing the country’s reconstructive efforts.

Interviewees include chief economist at Gradual Investments, Professor Andre Perfeito; musician André Faria; chef Bel Coelho; screenwriter Iana Cossoy Paro; Executive Director of the Sou da Paz Institute, Ivan Marques; diplomat, former Secretary of Culture of Rio de Janeiro, and former Minister of Culture of Brazil, Marcelo Calero; former National Secretary of Justice; regional director for Latin America and the Caribbean of the Open Society Foundation, Pedro Abramovay; Founder of Portal Mobilize, Ricky Ribeiro; businessman and professor Roni Cunha Bueno; former Chief of Staff of the BNDES Presidency and director-general of the New Development Bank (BRICS Bank) in Shanghai, Sergio Suchodolski; ombudsman for the Public Defender of Bahia, feminist, Brazilian black movement activist, Vilma Reis.

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Main credits

Westmann, Gustavo (filmmaker)
Faria, André (on-screen participant)
Perfeito, Andre (on-screen participant)
Coelho, Bel (on-screen participant)

Other credits

Editors, Francisco Mitre, Felipe Fontana; music, Guillaume Duvignau.


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Andre Perfeito, André Faria, Bel Coelho, Iana Cossoy Paro, Ivan Marques, Marcelo Calero, Pedro Abramovay, Ricky Ribeiro, Roni Cunha Bueno, Sergio Suchodolski, Vilma Reis, politics, spanish, spanish language, latin america, latin american cinema, latin american film, ibero america, latin, latinx, latino, latina,economics, social class, money, capital, capitalism, class, economy, prejudice, intersectionality, inequality, poverty, income gap, wage gap, class warfare, elitism, snobbery, bourgeois, poverty, upper class, middle class, lower class, nouveau riche,south america, south american countries, countries in south america, argentina, bolivia, brazil, chile, colombia, ecuador, guyana, paraguay, peru, suriname, uruguay, venezuela, south american politics, south american culture, south american cuisine, south american education, south america in media, south american languages, south america history,south america, south american countries, countries in south america, argentina, bolivia, brazil, chile, colombia, ecuador, guyana, paraguay, peru, suriname, uruguay, venezuela, south american politics, south american culture, south american cuisine, south american education, south america in media, south american languages, south america history,political science, micropolitics, macropolitics, political theory, political education, political movements, political thinking, political criticism, poly sci, polysci, political sci, political sciences, political history, history of politics, political systems,racism, discrimination, prejudice, ethnicity, ethnic, race studies, ethnic studies, racist, racial sensitivity, bias, prejudice, racial prejudice, ethnic prejudice, genetics, hereditary, culture, ethnic culture, ethnology, ethnography, ethnic sensitivity,education, school, pedagogy, schooling, elementary education, secondary education, upper education, advanced education, education gap, learning, schooling, university, college, degrees, high school, middle school, junior high school, public school, private school, independent school, elementary school, schooling, school policy, educational equity,international relations, global relations, global studies, international studies, international affairs, intercontinental relations, intercontinental studies, foreign studies, foreign relations, national relations, national studies, cross-continental studies, cross-continental relations; "Brazil: A Time to Build"; Pragda Films
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Festivals

Jakarta International Humanitarian and Cultural Awards - Golden Award

DIRECTOR: Gustavo Westmann

NATIONALITY: Brazil

YEAR: 2018

GENRE: Documentary

LANGUAGE: Portuguese

COLOR / B&W: Color

GRADE LEVEL: High School, College, Adults

SUBTITLE/CC: AVAILABLE

AUDIO DESCRIPTION: NOT AVAILABLE

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