Denying Brazil

Original title: A Negação do Brasil

91 minutes • 2000 • 8.2 Score

A documentary film about the taboos, stereotypes, and struggles of black actors in Brazilian television "soaps". Based on his own memories and on a sturdy body of research evidence, the director analyses race relations in Brazilian soap operas, calling attention to their likely influence on Brazilian African-Americans' identity-forming processes.

Joel Zito Araújo

Director