O Dia que Durou 21 Anos (2012)

Original title

O Dia Que Durou 21 Anos

Directed by

Camilo Tavares

Genre

documentary film

Country

Brazil

Runtime

1h 17m

Rated

14

Rating

7.7 of 10 from 23 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary uses declassified White House tapes and CIA documents to show how the U.S. government helped plan the 1964 coup in Brazil.

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What happens

O Dia que Durou 21 Anos (The Day That Lasted 21 Years) is a Brazilian documentary film directed by Camilo Tavares that shows the influence of the U.S. government in the 1964 Brazilian coup d'état. Original White House tapes with John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson as well as CIA Top Secret documents reveal how the US government planned to overthrow Brazilian elected president João Goulart. The film has won three awards in international festivals cinemas, two of these in the United States and one in France. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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