Reading the World (2025)
In 1963, global icon Paulo Freire led an experimental project teaching hundreds of rural farmers to read, write and vote in Brazil, until he was arrested and forced into exile during a U.S.backed coup d'etat.
Directors: Catherine Murphy, Iris de Oliveira.
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Paulo Freire as Self |
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Luzia de Andrade as |
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Marcos Guerra as |
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Madalena Freire as |
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Maria Miranda as |
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Anita Maria Sousa as |
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Maria Gildenora as |
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Paulo Alves de Sousa as |
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Francisca de Brito as |
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Valquíria Félix as |
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Eneide Maria Araújo as |
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Manoel Bezerra as |
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Maria Leandra de Moura as |
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João Victor Silva as |
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Talita Daiane as |
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Leticia Oliveira as |
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Lindjanne Araújo de Melo as |
| Directing | Catherine Murphy | Director |
| Directing | Iris de Oliveira | Director |
| Writing | Iris de Oliveira | Writer |
| Writing | Renato Maia | Writer |
| Writing | Mara Wollong | Writer |
| Writing | Luis Dechtiar | Writer |
| Production | Micaela Ovelar | Producer |
| Production | Carina Aparecida | Producer |
| Production | Rachel Dickson | Producer |
| Production | Petra Costa | Executive Producer |
| Production | Kit Miller | Executive Producer |
| Production | T.M. Scruggs | Executive Producer |
| Crew | Carina Aparecida | Cinematography |
| Crew | Cristiano Burlan | Cinematography |
| Crew | Ulisses Brandão | Cinematography |
| Crew | Oto Cartaxo | Cinematography |
| Crew | Caio Castor | Cinematography |
| Crew | Renato Maia | Cinematography |
| Crew | Eduardo Mendonça | Cinematography |
| Editing | Iris de Oliveira | Editor |
| Editing | Renato Maia | Editor |
| Editing | Mara Wollong | Editor |
| Editing | Luis Dechtiar | Editor |