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‘Apocalypse In The Tropics’ Trailer: Oscar Nominee Petra Costa Takes On The Rise Of Christian Nationalism With “Savage Clarity”
Watch the trailer for 'Apocalypse in the Tropics,' which exposes the rise of Christian nationalism in Brazil, and by extension the U.S.
Costa’s film doesn’t focus on, say, Iran or Afghanistan – where theocratic control of government has become a norm — but in a place where separation of church and state is enshrined in the constitution: her native Brazil. In Christian nationalist thinking – surging in Brazil and the U.S. – an avenging Jesus from out of the Book of Revelations suits up for battle with his opponents, eager to spill blood to achieve God’s will. The synopsis continues, “With the savage clarity that defined her Academy Award–nominated The Edge of Democracy, Costa documents a time of kaleidoscopic confusion and fear with intimate observational filmmaking that braids together the personal, the historic and the mythic.
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