Apocalypse sous les tropiques

"Apocalypse in the Tropics" is a powerful and timely documentary that bravely explores the alarming rise of religious fundamentalism within the political sphere - a phenomenon with deep and troubling implications for democracies around the world, especially in countries like Brazil. With her signature sensitivity and courage, Petra Costa delivers a work that is both urgent and poetic, peeling back layers of ideology to reveal how faith, when co-opted by power, can erode institutions and threaten civil liberties. This film is not just a warning - it's a vital act of resistance. Petra once again proves why she is one of the most essential voices in contemporary documentary cinema.

The new Netflix documentary "Apocalypse in the Tropics" is a chilling, close-up look at Christian Nationalism on the rise, this time in Brazil, which is reckoning with its own version of January 6. With an eerie score, pointed narration, and unnervingly intimate footage, the doc takes you into the backrooms where power, faith, and fascism collide. What's most striking is that unlike the U. S., Brazil seems willing to hold its would-be coup plotters to account. As an American who lived through a real military coup in Thailand, I found this film deeply unsettling and terribly relevant. Watching from abroad, it's impossible not to see the parallels: attacks on democratic institutions, judicial overreach, corporate complicity, and a twisted gospel that weaponizes religion to control women, demonize LGBTQ+ people, and ignore the poor, the sick, and the stranger. This isn't just a Brazilian problem; it's a global one and it may already be too late. This doc is highly recommended and honestly, it's Code Red for democracy everywhere.

From beginning to end, I felt something I hadn't felt in a long time. This documentary brought back memories of the terror Brazil experienced for four years under the previous administration and how we cannot allow that to happen again. It's easy to understand and the narrative is very easy to understand. Petra did a job that many will say is fabricated, but it's the naked truth that needs to be shown to the world, but mainly to show how capable Brazil is of evolving and achieving justice, and that no other country should blackmail an entire nation. Assista e aproveite a história sendo contada.

This is a very difficult but very necessary movie, which shows us upfront the destructive foolishness of allowing Christianity to dictate politics, and of enabling dangerous authoritarians to represent people.

Brazil has been - and still is - saddled with multitudes of delinquents with Christian discourse. There is no upside to that obscenity, and we all must strive to get rid of that disease.

The movie is a bit tedious, for sure. So much of what it shows we have painfully watched happens with our own eyes. But perhaps not enough people have the integrity to remember what has happened and how fiercely it must be stopped and corrected.

This is the stark reality shown to the world. The photography is fascinating beyond its narrative, congratulations!

You can see Petra Costa's dedication to her research in the documentary, even though she brings her vision among the facts shown, she still shows partiality in many cases.

I hope that in this way, with this film by Petra Costa, we Brazilians can learn to be open-minded and that from now on we can open our eyes. Conservatism destroys, we know very well what happened to Germany and its conservatism in 1939.

This document deserves to be seen, not only as a film, but as an account of a nation in trouble!