Braços Cruzados, Máquinas Paradas (1979)
São Paulo, May 1978. Three slates compete for the leadership of the Metalworkers' Union of São Paulo, the largest in Latin America, with 300,000 associate workers, and presided over by a platoon since the military coup of 1964. In the midst of the Union electoral campaign, the first workers' strikes that would change the country began. Braços Cruzados, Máquinas Paradas reveals, in an engaging narrative, the Brazilian trade union structure of fascist inspiration.
Directors: Roberto Gervitz, Sérgio Toledo.
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Othon Bastos as narrador |
| Directing | Roberto Gervitz | Director |
| Directing | Sérgio Toledo | Director |
| Writing | Roberto Gervitz | Writer |
| Production | Roberto Gervitz | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Sérgio Toledo | Writer |
| Production | Sérgio Toledo | Executive Producer |
| Production | Hugo Amaral Gama | Producer |
| Production | Geraldo Ribeiro | Producer |
| Crew | Aloysio Raulino | Cinematography |
| Sound | Luiz Henrique Xavier | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Roberto Gervitz | Editor |
| Sound | Roberto Gervitz | Sound |
| Editing | Sérgio Toledo | Editor |