productions
(In)vulnerable
Synopsis: At the Chica Xavier Health Center, Regina, the experienced head nurse, must come to terms with what she considers a specter—her retirement—while leading a new team.
Genre: "
" Series
Broadcasting channel:
Universal TV / Universal+ / Globoplay
In the Game
Synopsis: *No Jogo* is a Brazilian reality show hosted by Juliana Alves, in which twelve actresses compete for three roles in the Universal TV drama series *(in)vulneráveis*.
Genre:
Reality Show
Broadcasting channel:
, E! Entertainment, and Universal+
Under Tracers
Synopsis: *Sob Traçantes* aims to chronicle the journeys of people who have been scarred by extreme violence and are striving to build a better future through a culture of peace.
Genre:
Documentary Series
Broadcast channel:
Canal Cultura and Globoplay
Who Told You to Invite Me?
Synopsis: Through a collaborative social project centered on architecture, Bel Lobo and Camila Campos are transforming the lives of residents in small communities.
Genre: "
" Series
Channel:
on YouTube
They Say We're Crazy
Synopsis: Guti Fraga dedicates himself to Vidigal and creates a new reality there through art. Every Wednesday, he draws young people in with his “Campinho Show,” an innovative multimedia spectacle in the style of a talent show. The first generation he mentored returns to honor him just as he is starting all over again. Marília Furação, her daughters, Mary Sheila, Babu Santana, Vanessa Soares, and so many others come together through art to give meaning to what makes life worth living.
Genre:
Documentary feature film
Channel:
on YouTube
In the Circus Ring, Risking Their Lives
Synopsis: The Circo Crescer e Viver was born from the partnership of two friends. It has been active for over ten years and has made its home at Praça Onze, the birthplace of Rio’s circus scene. The school teaches that the risks of the circus are the risks of life, and its students see acrobatics and pirouettes as gentler, more enjoyable ways to face reality.
Genre:
Documentary feature film
Channel:
on YouTube
Don't Drop the Shuttlecock
Synopsis: When Sebastião began teaching badminton to children in the Chacrinha community in Rio’s West Zone, he could never have imagined how far he would go. The sport was virtually unknown and rarely played in the country. Nearly 20 years later, Brazil is competing in this sport at the Olympics for the first time, thanks to dedicated work and a unique, innovative approach that blends the sport with Rio’s samba.
Genre:
Documentary feature film
Channel:
on YouTube
Our Cinema, Ours
Synopsis: Five filmmakers and a film within a film. How do you make a movie while being filmed? What kind of cinema does Uerlem, from the Santa Marta favela, love, and what does he want to show the world? Diogo lives in Queimados, a two-hour train ride from downtown Rio, but poetry and cinema draw his heart to Lapa. There, he meets others who, like him, have come from far away to experience a reality in which they see themselves portrayed, recreating the cinema of our everyday lives.
Genre:
Documentary feature film
Channel:
on YouTube
Assó, I loved the Jongo
Synopsis: They say that jongo was conceived in Angola but born in Brazil. And while it took its first steps on the coffee plantations of the Paraíba Valley, it was in Serrinha, a suburb of Rio, that it flourished and took on a new life. Whereas it used to be performed only by those with white hair, today it is danced by children and young people. Tia Maria, Pretinho da Serrinha, Suelen, Deli, Luiza, and Lazir are some of the characters in this story.
Genre:
Documentary feature film
Channel:
on YouTube
The Four of Candelária
Synopsis: As they struggle to survive on the streets of Rio de Janeiro, four friends lean on one another and dream of a better future. Until tragedy strikes.
Genre:
Fiction series
Channel:
on YouTube
My Street
Synopsis: In the series, host Leandro Firmino returns to the streets of Brazil to get to know some well-known local figures better in the places where they live.
Genre:
Documentary Series
Broadcast channel:
Canal Cultura and Globoplay
The Black King
Synopsis: Julio Pinedo, a Black peasant born and raised in Bolivia, is the legitimate descendant of an African tribal monarch. Although he is the only recognized descendant of a monarch in Latin America, he is not the king many might imagine.
Genre:
Feature film
Channel:
on YouTube
Mourning as a Mother
Synopsis: A documentary about the grief and struggle of women whose sons were killed by military police in Rio de Janeiro. It examines the cases of the Mothers of Acari, the Baixada Massacre, and the Via Show Massacre.
Genre:
Feature film
Channel:
on YouTube