Film

Marighella

A searing and energized portrait of one of Brazil’s most divisive historical figures

7.6

2h 35m

2021

“A searing and energized portrait of one of Brazil’s most divisive historical figures”

Synopsis

Afro-Brazilian poet and politician, the legendary Carlos Marighella. Driven to fight against the erosion of civil and human rights following the CIA-backed military coup of 1964 and the brutal, racist right-wing dictatorship that followed, the revolutionary leaves behind his wife and son to take up arms, becoming a notorious enemy to the power structure.