Director Petra Costa and producer Joanna Natasegara didn’t expect their acclaimed documentary The Edge of Democracy to earn an Oscar nomination. But when they tuned in for the announcement, watchin…
to earn an Oscar nomination. But when they tuned in for the announcement, watching from different points on the globe, they were in for a welcome shock.
simultaneously explores Brazil’s recent retreat from democratic norms, and the ideological split in Costa’s family—her conservative grandparents presided over a business empire, but her left-wing parents fought the military dictatorship that ruled Brazil from 1964-1985. That goes for the U.S., Natasegara argues, and her native Britain, which has witnessed a surge of right-wing populism and an electorate riven by the destabilizing debate over Brexit.“It’s no secret I’m a political filmmaker. I’m interested in geopolitics and how what’s happening in one part of the world affects another, and it affects us all,” Natasegara notes.
Maybe so, but President Bolsonaro reacted less enthusiastically. Speaking to reporters after the film’s nomination, he declared the documentary “rubbish,” dismissing it caustically as “Fiction…for those who like what vultures eat, it’s a good film.”
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