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I Owe You a Letter About Brazil (2019)

I Owe You a Letter About Brazil (2019)

Documentary
Release Date: 2019, November 24
Directors: Carol Benjamin
Countries: Brazil
Production: Daza Filmes, Muiraquitã Filmes, VideoFilmes, Canal Brasil
Cast: César Benjamin, Iramaya Benjamin, Marianne Eyre, Dilma Rousseff, João Figueiredo

Overview:

César Benjamin was arrested in August 1971 during student protests against the Brazilian military dictatorship. Although he was a juvenile, he was tried as an adult and sentenced to 13 years in prison. Thanks to the ardent campaigning of his mother Iramaya, working closely together with the Swedish branch of Amnesty International, he was released five years later.