Five years ago, on March 14th 2018, a car pulled alongside Brazilian Councilwoman Marielle Franco’s vehicle and fired several shots, killing both the politician and her driver. The crime, which enraged a country undergoing grave political turmoil, still remains unsolved. The closest authorities have gotten to a solid verdict is a witness testimony stating a former military police officer wanted the Councilwoman dead. The motivation? Franco’s relentless community work in areas of interest to the local militia, long known to have close ties to the military police.
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- 5/18/2023
- by Rafaela Sales Ross
- The Playlist
Brazilian network giant Globo has presented at MipTV part of its programming strategy for the future as it is still ravaged by the Covid-19 pandemic hitting a peak of 4,200 deaths in one day this week. Strenuous as the new health and security protocols have been for the entire industry – the production slow down is clear from Globo’s slate- the media and ever more technology giant has still much to show off as its content and premium SVOD platform Globoplay evolve in line with key trends shaping the market and indeed society at large. Two takes on Globo’s MipTV lineup:
Drilling Down on Gender Issues
Globo’s MipTV slogan “The future is female” was born out by both its drama and factual lineup. Gender issue dramas have become a staple of the Brazilian network in the past few years with “A Woman’s Fate” being the latest addition to...
Drilling Down on Gender Issues
Globo’s MipTV slogan “The future is female” was born out by both its drama and factual lineup. Gender issue dramas have become a staple of the Brazilian network in the past few years with “A Woman’s Fate” being the latest addition to...
- 4/14/2021
- by Emiliano Granada
- Variety Film + TV
"Mapping Bacurau" runs March 13–24, 2020 at Film at Lincoln Center in New York. Update: Film at Lincoln Center has suspended all screenings due to public health concerns related to Covid-19. Mubi is showing Bacurau from March 19 in the United Kingdom, Ireland, India, and Germany.Above: Cabra Marcado Para MorrerIn 1981, Brazil’s greatest documentary director, Eduardo Coutinho, took a long trip down Paraíba’s poor roads, deep into the backcountry, to find a woman who didn’t want to be found. Elizabeth Teixeira had gone underground 17 years earlier, after the military staged a coup, in 1964, and declared a war on leftists. Teixeira’s husband, João Pedro, a leader of a rural league, had been murdered by the military police, on behest of a local landowner. Fearing for her life, her children dispersed, Elizabeth changed her name and disappeared. But then Coutinho wasn’t one to give up. He had once tried to...
- 3/20/2020
- MUBI
Brazil’s José Padilha, director of “Narcos” and writer-director-producer of the “Elite Squad” feature film diptych, has been signed by Globo Studios to write, direct and produce a Globoplay original series about Marielle Franco, the Brazilian black, gay female human rights activist assassinated in a still-unresolved murder.
The series, a high-profile addition to Latin America’s burgeoning premium content offer, marks a stand-out addition to Globoplay’s lineup, one of Latin America’s fastest-growing Svod original production powerhouses. Launched in 2015, Globo’s freemium Svod service in Brazil which had over 22 million unique visitors a month by the beginning of the year, aims to release 20 original productions in 2020.
Creative Artists Agency (CAA) will negotiate all international distribution agreements. Padilha indicated that it is looking for an “international partnership to exhibit the series worldwide. The idea is to tell [Franco’s] incredible life story to the greatest number of people, inside and outside the country.
The series, a high-profile addition to Latin America’s burgeoning premium content offer, marks a stand-out addition to Globoplay’s lineup, one of Latin America’s fastest-growing Svod original production powerhouses. Launched in 2015, Globo’s freemium Svod service in Brazil which had over 22 million unique visitors a month by the beginning of the year, aims to release 20 original productions in 2020.
Creative Artists Agency (CAA) will negotiate all international distribution agreements. Padilha indicated that it is looking for an “international partnership to exhibit the series worldwide. The idea is to tell [Franco’s] incredible life story to the greatest number of people, inside and outside the country.
- 3/11/2020
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
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