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Independent films
fromenglish.elpais.com
4 days ago

Brazilian cinema has high hopes of making Oscar history

Brazil seeks a second consecutive Oscar for Best Picture with The Secret Agent, potentially winning three awards across categories, marking unprecedented success for Brazilian cinema.
Independent films
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Why The Secret Agent should win the best picture Oscar

The Secret Agent, a Brazilian drama-thriller set during 1970s military dictatorship, masterfully blends noir, thriller, and literary elements while exploring love, fatherhood, tyranny, and resistance through a protagonist fleeing state persecution.
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World politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Why a T-shirt hiding in a hit movie is trending with Brazilian progressives: Almost every day they sell out'

A vintage 1978 yellow T-shirt from Olinda's Pitombeira has become a symbol of Brazilian leftist identity after exposure in The Secret Agent and Moura's awards.
History
fromenglish.elpais.com
2 months ago

Miguel Alandia, the artist whose murals were saved by miners under Bolivia's military rule

Miguel Alandia Pantoja painted murals of miners' exploitation; the dictatorship destroyed many, and one mural was reconstructed for Bolivia's National Museum of Art.
Film
fromInverse
3 months ago

'The Secret Agent' Takes You By Surprise

A shapeshifting 1977 Brazilian political thriller blends neo-noir, character drama, and magical realism, anchored by Wagner Moura's complex lead performance.
Film
fromThe New Yorker
3 months ago

"The Secret Agent" Is a Political Thriller Teeming with Life

A 1977 Brazil political thriller interweaves vividly drawn characters to show how military dictatorship warps crime, punishment, and personal identities.
Film
fromVulture
5 months ago

'These Authoritarians, They Fight Reality All the Time.'

A 1977 Brazilian dictatorship thriller follows political refugee Marcelo amid betrayal, brutality, and corruption, drawing striking parallels between past repression and contemporary political crises.
fromCyclingnews
6 months ago

Bernardo Ruiz obituary - the international pioneer of Spanish racing

Listening to what Ruiz had to say—always felt like an immense privilege, as by the time he reached his nineties, he'd become one of the very last living links to the 1940s and 1950s professional racing scene.
History
#argentina
fromwww.theguardian.com
7 months ago
Social justice

I am one of the last of the Abuelas the grandmothers still searching for Argentina's disappeared'. I'm 87, but I will never give up

fromwww.theguardian.com
7 months ago
Social justice

I am one of the last of the Abuelas the grandmothers still searching for Argentina's disappeared'. I'm 87, but I will never give up

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Independent films
fromIndieWire
9 months ago

'The Secret Agent' Review: Wagner Moura Tries to Leave History Behind in Kleber Mendonca Filho's Beautifully Remembered Period Thriller

Kleber Mendonça Filho uses fiction to depict cultural memory in Brazil, illustrating how narratives can reflect historical realities.
NYC parents
fromwww.theguardian.com
10 months ago

Netflix series reignites search for family of creator disappeared by Argentina dictatorship

El Eternauta embodies the struggle against dictatorship and reflects the loss experienced by Oesterheld's family during Argentina's military regime.
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