A Fantástica Fábrica de Golpes

Being Brazilian, I'm well aware of how our mainstream press work, and even though, those tactics are not only restricted to the Brazilian press, you only need to go back a few years and see how the British press, which is supposed to be impartial and a public service, clearly supported one candidate to the detriment of the other. But not wanting to digress too far, A Fantástica Fábrica de Golpes, is a smart and well researched documentary, showing the inner works of Brazilian press and their disregard for fairness, truth and democracy. A must see to all those who care for those principles and even those who don't.

Really enjoyed watching this movie. Very important! And could not come at greater poignant time. I was unaware of Brazils political structures and fundamental corruption caused by the right wing, almost fascist ideology of Bolsanaro. As I write this, even now similar scenarios of Trump throwing his toys out of the pram when America finally voted against him are line to Bolsanario.. One could say Trump is a saint in comparison.. Well, at least Lula is back! Hope for the Brazilian population that peace can be restored, away from a government injecting ideas of violence and hatred toward it's own people.

This documentary shows how media manipulates the public opinion through what we now call fake new. Victor Braga wrote an extraordinary didactic script. It's one of those documentaries that succeed to point it out ugly sides of power and society with elegance.

He himself is the narrador. His narrative is clean, sharp, ironic, delightful. His regional accent adds an extra charm as he comes from the most lucid region of Brazil, NE. NE didn't fall into any fake new whatsoever about Lula for instance and gave the most votes against fascism at our President election 2022.

Fundamental movie to understand why Brazil has such a fragile democracy.

A documentary that denounces what the TV Globo machine can destroy in its eagerness to control the course of the country. One of the most important documentaries in the recent history of Brazil.

It is a film that reflects the moment we live in, that of the power of certain media outlets where democratic values are corrupted and destroyed. And, that factory of coups called Globo that sought to defend the dark interests of the "elite".

This documentary allows us to reflect on how the backstage of power works to manipulate, control and change the course of history.

Interviews with great personalities from the recent history of Brazil, people who have lived through other coups and their perspectives on this assault on Brazilian democracy. A must see.

Although the coup d'état is an event that took place six years ago, its effects are still deeply felt by Brazilian democracy. However, the very narrative about the event is still a subject of hermeneutical dispute in the Brazilian public sphere and this prevents the correct diagnosis of its institutional consequences. Just as the memory of the military dictatorship's crimes is very little remembered or discussed, which allows its ills to return as unexorcised ghosts, most of Brazilian society does not even realize that it lost an important part of its own sovereignty with a coup that overthrew the former President Dilma Rousseff. As the news outlets and the justice system were associated in this campaign of institutional destabilization, as they were in the 1964 coup, they will hardly recognize the crime even with all their fingerprints on the scene. That's why the film by Victor Fraga and Valnei Nunes plays a role not only as a work of creation, but also as a historical document for the country's memory.