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

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 ...

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

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, ...

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

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

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.

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

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

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