The screening on Monday the 23rd of July was followed by a Q&A with director Petra Costa. Hosted by co-director of DocSociety, Beadie Finzi.
Five years after Oscar-nominated The Edge of Democracy, Costa returns to Brazil’s political battlefield to examine the dangerous rise of religious extremism. Gaining rare access to key players – including President Lula, former President Bolsonaro and firebrand televangelist Silas Malafaia – she reveals how evangelical leaders have steered the country toward the brink of theocracy. As Malafaia preaches that worsening global chaos will hasten Christ’s return, Costa weaves past and present, juxtaposing Renaissance depictions of the Apocalypse with Brazil’s modern-day democratic crisis. Through gripping investigative storytelling, she delivers a chilling warning: when faith and politics collide, democracy’s survival hangs by a thread.
The screening on Monday the 23rd of July was followed by a Q&A with director Petra Costa. Hosted by co-director of DocSociety, Beadie Finzi.
A British Sign Language interpreter was visible on stage throughout the Q&A.