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Legendary Musician & Brazilian Culture Minister Margareth Menezes On Rebuilding The Country’s Film Sector & Regulating Streamers: “We Want What Is Fair”
Kleber Mendonça Filho’s 'The Secret Agent' and Pedro Pinho’s 'Laughter And The Knife,' two Brazilian films, play this year in Cannes.
Menezes — a legend of Brazil’s music industry, often described as the queen of Brazilian Afropop — was appointed as the head of a reformed Culture Office established in 2022 following the election of left-wing maverick Inácio Lula da Silva. In short, Brazil is firmly back in the film game, and Menezes is making the case here in Cannes, where two Brazilian titles — Kleber Mendonça Filho’s The Secret Agent and Pedro Pinho’s Laughter And The Knife – will play across the Official Competitions. The fact that we are now winning an award at the level of the Oscars for the first time serves to consecrate us, to draw more attention, and to pave the way for other films, producers, artists, and authors to be considered with a closer look by the circuit and by audiences outside Brazil.
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