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Oscar-Nominated Petra Costa, Director of Venice’s ‘Apocalypse in the Tropics,’ on How Brazil Serves as a ‘Parable’ for the U.S.
'The Edge of Democracy' director Petra Costa revisits Brazilian politics with the Venice documentary 'Apocalypse in the Tropics.'
Four years after being Oscar-nominated for “The Edge of Democracy,” director Petra Costa is back prodding at the current state of Brazilian politics with the documentary “Apocalypse in the Tropics,” which world premieres in the Out of Competition section at the Venice Film Festival. The film, originally teased as a snapshot of former president Jair Bolsonaro’s infamously poor handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, morphed into a questioning of how democracies blur into theocracies and the role of the country’s growing evangelical movement in Brazil’s recent political turmoil. Costa obtained unprecedented access to the contentious figure, who can be seen in the film openly talking about how his council influenced Bolsonaro’s decisions while maintaining a lavish lifestyle that includes a private plane named “God’s Gift.”
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