HDMovies

This episode explores the early 1980s, a period marked by political unrest as Brazil began transitioning from military dictatorship to democracy. ...

During these years, samba schools boldly addressed political themes that the dictatorship sought to suppress. Their parades brought to light issues...

Amid the national movement for direct presidential elections, known as "Diretas Já," samba schools played a pivotal role in mobilizing public...

Following the end of military rule, this period saw a surge in creative expression as Brazil worked towards drafting a new constitution. Samba...

In a time of artistic flourishing, samba schools produced some of their most impactful parades. Notably, Beija-Flor's 1989 performance, "Ratos e...

Ever wanted to quit your job and go travelling round the world? Well James and Karl did and filmed it all. The backpacking documentary follows James...

The story of how the lottery invented to finance a zoo was incorporated by Rio de Janeiro's popular culture and, in the hands of organized gangsters,...

Indie Sex is a 2007 American television documentary film directed by Lesli Klainberg.

Learn how six dictators, from Mussolini to Saddam Hussein, shaped the 20th century. How did they seize and lose power? What forces were against them?...

The "jogo do bicho" (an illegal lottery of numbers) in Rio de Janeiro is controlled by families whose leaders are also patrons of samba schools. Two...