1964: O Brasil Entre Armas e Livros

1964: O Brasil Entre Armas e Livros can't be called as a Documentary. This is the result of cherry picked facts: there is no storytelling and it also doesn't represent the history. It's a cliche of relativism and denial of the corrupt system maintained by the director's politics idols. There is a sense that there was no wrongdoing in a dictatorship.

For anyone that doesn't live in Brazil, watching this would give you a very incorrect understanding the politics and history.

Until recently, this type of work would have been unthinkable in Brazil. Brasil Paralelo is helping to enlighten Brazilians so that they know the truth of various moments in our history that have been completely altered by the national left in recent decades.

The period before the Counter-Revolution of 1964 is detailed by the Brasil Paralelo team to show that the tentacles of communism were present in much of the world, including Brazil. And that the military response, with the support of most politicians, the press and especially the population, as can be seen in the newspapers of the time, was necessary to prevent a revolutionary dictatorship in Brazil, and as the history of the 20th century showed, it would have devastating consequences in the largest country in Latin America.

No wonder this documentary never saw a theatrical run. It was posted on YouTube for lack of audiences interests.

The documentary is limited to exposing the reality of a Brazil that was finding its prominent role in world chess. Even today, Brazil is influenced by external factors, not least because today the world is much more globalized.

The rulers of that time were not patriots, they had interests of their own. Fidel Castro and Che Guevara had just conquered the island of Cuba. Revolutionary ideas seemed beautiful, and promised hope to the most suffering people.

However, the Brazilian people realized that the interests of the leftist rulers did not have national, but international consistency, mainly interests aligned with the Soviet Union.

Perhaps the most notorious fact is the number of Czechoslovakian spies who settled in Brazil at that time, a documented and unchallenged fact.

The other side of the story is told, and it is far from being an apology for totalitarianism. Worth seeing.

Impressive and well produced, it shows a point of view that is usually supressed by mainstream media companies. Worth watching.