O Processo

The Process is a 2018 Brazilian documentary directed by Maria Ramos, which shows the behind-the-scenes of the impeachment process of Dilma Rousseff, in 2016.

AWARDS

* Best International Feature Film - Documenta Madrid Festival (Spain) * Silvestre Award - Indie Lisboa Festival (Portugal) * Audience Award for best feature film - Indie Lisboa Festival (Portugal) * Best Feature Film - International Competition of the Visions du Reel International Documentary Festival in Nyon (Switzerland)

Two women, two directors, documenting the impeachment of the first elected female President, Petra Costa in Democracy in Vertigo (2019) and here we have Maria Ramos, courageous, talented and competent... Composed exclusively of excerpts from various behind-the-scenes scenes of the entire impeachment process, captivating and exciting, especially for the left who see it as a great coup... Award-winning in Europe, underrated here, but emblematic, historic and memorable...

This doc shows simply the facts, how the coup d'Etat took place.

From the magnificent representation of politics-circus as a football match, going through the most human facets of each of the sides, to the sensible internal reading of the party that defends the struggles of the movements of race, gender and class it is truly captivating how the struggle for power and the daily battle of those who still believe a change in hell is possible.

A great documentary. Made me more interested into knowing the current situation of Brazilian politics.

Revealing a Dilma that, even in the position of accused, has more serenity than its tormentors, "The Process" ends properly with a literal smokescreen, which functions as a reminder of the conflicts that dominated the country in recent years and the true purpose of "impeachment":

To allow, in the chaos that dominated society (and proving for the umpteenth time what Naomi Klein wrote in her "The Shock Doctrine"), "reforms" that take more to who has everything and take out of those who already had little.

This image, by the way, is the only one that really presents itself as an unambiguous editorial position.