Denying Brazil (2000)
A Negação do Brasil
A documentary film about the taboos, stereotypes, and struggles of black actors in Brazilian television "soaps". Based on his own memories and on a sturdy body of research evidence, the director analyses race relations in Brazilian soap operas, calling attention to their likely influence on Brazilian African-Americans' identity-forming processes.
- Date of release
- 2000-11-20
- TMDB
- 8.4 / 10 (7)
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Joel Zito Araújo
Casting
- Joel Zito Araújo — Narrator (voice)
- João Acaiabe — Narrator (voice)
- Ruth de Souza — Herself
- Zezé Motta — Herself
- Milton Gonçalves — Himself
- Léa Garcia — Herself
- Cléa Simões — Herself
- Maria Ceiça — Herself
- Tony Tornado — Himself
- Maurício Gonçalves — Himself
- Nelson Xavier — Himself
- Herval Rossano — Himself
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