But these sentiments bear little relation to Brazil’s political history. . ... Brazil’s Second Republic, more commonly known as the Populist Republic, came into being through a military coup, which removed then-dictator Vargas from power on October 29, 1945. ..…

Petra Costa's Edge of Democracy is sprawling nonfiction epic depicting the rise then fall from power of Brazil's Workers Party, with the senate's from office of left-leaning President Dilma Rousseff.  . ... The documentary also covers Brazil's decades of military rule, the..…