With Apocalypse, the filmmaker illustrates the link between the far right and the Christian fundamentalist movement in Brazil ...

Petra Costa's sobering documentary examines the rise of right-wing evangelical Christianity in Brazilian politics ...

In the opening shot of Apocalypse in the Tropics, the camera pans across a cracked canvas on which a group of nude figures, all with blurred expressions, seek shelter inside the protective cocoon of a ...

A sobering look at the way the political landscape has shifted in Brazil.

The earliest footage for Apocalypse in the Tropics was captured inside the Chamber of Deputies in Brasília. A member of Brazil’s Congress, Cabo Daciolo, approached the filmmaker, handed her a Bible, ...

When I watched Petra Costa’s Oscar-nominated 2019 documentary The Edge of Democracy, it was impossible not to be struck by ...

The director Petra Costa examines a rightward shift in her country by zeroing in on the rise of a televangelist.

Netflix released the documentary ‘Apocalypse in the Tropics,’ which seeks to understand how the far right mobilizes faith for ...

"Apocalypse in the Tropics": Documentary. Directed by Petra Costa. (PG-13. 110 minutes.) Opens Friday, July 11, at Landmark's ...

Brazilian filmmaker Petra Costa’s latest documentary, Apocalypse in the Tropics, explores the impact of evangelical ...

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The pairing of right-wing brawn and dominion theology have proved potent in Brazil, with results that might look familiar to ...