
The Edge of Democracy
NETFLIX
Directed by
Petra Costa
Producers
Shane Boris
Joanna Natasegara
Tiago Pavan
Year
2019
A cautionary tale for these times of democracy in crisis - the personal and political fuse to explore one of the most dramatic periods in Brazilian history. Combining unprecedented access to leaders past and present, including Presidents Dilma Rousseff and Lula da Silva, with accounts of her own family's complex past, filmmaker Petra Costa witnesses their rise and fall and the tragically polarized nation that remains.
* 2020 Academy Award Nominee - Best Documentary Feature
* 2020 Winner Peabody Award
* 2020 Winner Platino Award for Iberoamerican Cinema - Best Documentary
* 2019 Nominee Grand Jury Prize at Sundance Festival - World Cinema - Documentary
* 2019 Nominee Tim Hetherington Award at Sheffield International Documentary Festival
* 2019 Nominee Critics' Choice Documentary Award - Best Political Documentary
* 2019 Nominee IDA Award - Best Feature
* 2019 Nominee CPH:DOX Award
* 2020 Nominee LEJA (Latino Entertainment Journalists Association Film Awards) Award - Best Documentary Feature
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