1964: O Brasil Entre Armas e Livros

It is a very good piece of documentary but is far away from being "unbiased". It has its own bias, a conservative view about the events that shook Brazil amidst Cold War. A perspective that somehow was not very popular among brazilians historians for a myriad of reasons. It is a very good documentary full of unspoken words about that years, lots of silenced testimonials that help us to study and comprehend a war of narratives about straight forward facts. Brazil was near to a civil war and that civil war had to "bad" sides, it was not a classic "good guys" versus "bad ones" as some people like to tell.

It would be hilarious if this film was a satire.

The synopsis says it's an "unbiased analysis", but that's far from the truth. The screenplay is based in lies and misconceptions, and it's shameless ideological propaganda.

Imagine a documentary that praises a dictatorship and tries to sell to the audience an idea that a coup d'etat was benefectful. Looks like a Nazi German piece of propaganda? Surprise, surprise: is a Brazilian film recently released on YouTube. Shameless historical revisionism.

To understand what happened in 1964 in Brazil, you must brush up a little your History. Try to interpret the world and global life as a class struggle in which the strongest and the powerful exploit the weakest, as per social Darwinism. Marx and Engels concluded that the exploited class, which produced the goods, was the one that should reign supreme, rather than that of its exploiters. The relevant ideological, political, social and military movement of 1964 was termed by some as a Revolution, by others as a Coup d'État, according to their convictions, interpretations, and concerned interests. In my opinion, the movement was neither a Revolution nor a Coup, but rather a Backlash. Or Countercoup. Against ¨Brasil Paralelo, 1964 - Brazil between arms and books" there is an ongoing campaign of defamation which started with an article in the newspaper "O Globo" arguing that the film in question defends right wing dictatorial regimes. As interviewee William Waack points out, "Not a single Communist country chose to become Communist by herself." This is also my advocated point, which I hereby relay to all those who really want to know the truth of the facts, regardless of your beliefs and convictions.

For the record, dictatorships and wars are neither just nor holy. They're dirty and inhumane. 1964 prevented Brazil from being transformed into a communist dictatorship. This documentary shows the errors and the hits that occurred in the last 61 years. It also reveals how the process of rigging occupation took place in universities and the media and how, through Gramscism, the left wing has since won the "cultural war". My recommendation: watch it.

Impressive and well produced, it shows a point of view that is usually supressed by mainstream media companies. Worth watching.