Documentary HackThe Edge of DemocracyBy Petra Costa
In a Nutshell
Directed by Brazilian filmmaker Petra Costa, this 2019 documentary explores the political and social ramifications of President Lula da Silva's rise to power and his successor Dilma Rousseff's impeachment.
Favorite Quote
How do we deal with the pain of being thrown into a future that looks as bleak as our darkest past? What do we do when the mask of civility falls and what appears is an ever more haunting image of ourselves?
Petra Costa
Introduction
What keeps democracy alive when corruption and political strife are on the rise?
When Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won the presidential election in 2002, he became Brazil's first left-leaning president after the end of a 21-year dictatorship.
The Edge of Democracy analyzes Lula's rise to power and its ripple effects on Brazil's political and social climate.
Petra Costa delves into Operation Car Wash, a 2014 criminal investigation that unearthed deep corruption across Brazil, and its impacts on Lula, his successor Dilma Rousseff, and the state of democracy in the country.
With Lula da Silva winning the presidency again in 2022, the documentary outlines the history of the president who pledged to stabilize the country after the conservative rule of Jair Bolsonaro.
Here are the 3 key insights from this Hack
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