Tag: Netflix

Netflix Distorted Truth, Say Victims of Worst Nuclear Disaster in Latin America

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Norbert Suchanek
Brazil, Netflix, TV, folklore, Saci, Iara, Carlos Saldanha, Curupira, Cuca

Netflix Brings to the World Brazil’s Most Endearing Myths and Legends

Eric (Marco Pigossi) is an environmental police officer in Rio de Janeiro. When his ...

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Isabela Martel
Angelina Jolie in a boat in a Venice canal in the movie The Tourist, in Venice

How Netflix’s Content “Glocalization” Is Changing the Way the World Sees Itself

As a kid growing up in Italy, I remember watching the American TV series ...

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Paolo Sigismondi
Here Pelé is shown in 1971, in Paris. (AP Photo/Levy)

Netflix Documentary on Pelé Passes Up a Chance to Deal with Brazil’s Class and Race

A recent Netflix documentary about the legendary Brazilian soccer player Edson Arantes do Nascimento, ...

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Luisa Farah Schwartzman
Picture used on the Cuties poster

Fundamentalist Christians and Conspiracy Theorists in US and Brazil Go to War Against Netflix’s Cuties

The fallout to the French film ‘Cuties’ may be more dramatic than the movie ...

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Claire Provost
Netflix's Christmas movie imagining a gay Jesus drew millions of complaints

Video Claims Responsibility for Firebombing Brazil Producer of Netflix’s Gay Jesus Special

A Christmas Eve fire-bomb attack on offices of a comedy troupe that produced a ...

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Rodrigo Viga Gaier and Jake Spring
Brazilian cartoonist Laerte - Photo: Wikipedia

Laerte, a Brazilian Transgender Cartoonist Who Became a Netflix Movie

A documentary that premiered this week on Netflix explores the life of a Brazilian ...

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