March 31, 2024 marks six decades since the military coup d’état in Brazil. That date in 1964 set in motion 21 years of violent and oppressive dictatorship, a crushing legacy that resounded throughout Brazilian cinema in the subsequent decades. Remembering how guerrilla groups challenged a brutal state, the powerful films in this double bill contend with a major moment in Latin American history.
After taking up arms to agitate against the repressive regime in the 1960s and the 1970s, Lúcia Murat was, like many others, imprisoned and tortured for her dissidence. Looking back on that experience, her first solo feature How Good to See You Alive (1989) blends documentary and fiction to tell stories of defiant women who suffered at the hands of the dictatorship. Bruno Barreto’s Four Days in September (1997), meanwhile, dynamically dramatizes rebel attempts to free leftist political prisoners during the 1960s. Nominated for an Academy Award®, this gripping film raises a controversial question as its plot develops: do the ends always justify the means? In two forceful films, Barreto and Murat reckon with resistance and its consequences, bringing combative histories to meaningful light.

March 31, 2024 marks six decades since the military coup d&#8217;état in Brazil. That date in 1964 set in motion 21 years of violent and oppressive dictatorship, a crushing legacy that resounded throughout Brazilian cinema in the subsequent decades. Remembering how guerrilla groups challenged a brutal state, the powerful films in this double bill contend with a major moment in Latin American history.
After taking up arms to agitate against the repressive regime in the 1960s and the 1970s, Lúcia Murat was, like many others, imprisoned and tortured for her dissidence. Looking back on that experience, her first solo feature How Good to See You Alive (1989) blends documentary and fiction to tell stories of defiant women who suffered at the hands of the dictatorship. Bruno Barreto&#8217;s Four Days in September (1997), meanwhile, dynamically dramatizes rebel attempts to free leftist political prisoners during the 1960s. Nominated for an Academy Award®, this gripping film raises a controversial question as its plot develops: do the ends always justify the means? In two forceful films, Barreto and Murat reckon with resistance and its consequences, bringing combative histories to meaningful light.

Memories of Resistance: A Brazilian Dictatorship Double Bill

MEMORIES OF RESISTANCE: A BRAZILIAN DICTATORSHIP DOUBLE BILL

2024 marks 60 years since the military coup d’état in Brazil, which set in motion two decades of violent, repressive dictatorship. Reckoning with guerrilla resistance and its haunting consequences, the forceful films of this double bill bring combative histories to meaningful light.

2024 marks 60 years since the military coup d&#8217;état in Brazil, which set in motion two decades of violent, repressive dictatorship. Reckoning with guerrilla resistance and its haunting consequences, the forceful films of this double bill bring combative histories to meaningful light.