Boy 23: The Forgotten Boys of Brazil (2016)

Original title

Menino 23: Infâncias Perdidas no Brasil

Directed by

Belisario Franca

Genre

documentary film

Country

Brazil

Runtime

1h 20m

Rated

16

Rating

7.7 of 10 from 23 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

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How it feels

This documentary uses archival research and survivor testimony to investigate a plantation in Brazil where boys were enslaved in the 1930s. It focuses on Aloisio Silva, who was known as Boy 23, and uncovers the connection between the farm and Nazi ideology.

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What happens

Menino 23, infâncias perdidas no Brasil é um documentário brasileiro de 2016, por Belisario Franca. O título faz referência ao sobrevivente do nazismo no Brasil, Aloisio Silva, chamado apenas por este número durante infância em 1930, quando escravizado em uma fazenda no município de Campina do Monte Alegre. O filme esteve na disputa, por uma indicação, ao Oscar de Melhor Documentário de Longa-Metragem, no Oscar 2017. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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