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Petra Costa (born 8 July 1983) is a Brazilian filmmaker and actress. In 2020, her documentary film The Edge of Democracy was nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 92nd Academy Awards and won a Peabody Award. She has been a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences since 2018.
Petra Costa ( Belo Horizonte, 8 de julho de 1983) é uma cineasta brasileira, [ 1] membro da Academia de Artes e Ciências Cinematográficas desde 2018. [ 2][ 3] Dirigiu os filmes Olhos de Ressaca (2009), Elena (2012), Olmo e a Gaivota (2015) e Democracia em Vertigem (2019), tendo esse último sido indicado ao Oscar de melhor documentário. [ 4]
The title character of Petra Costa’s poetic, intensely personal documentary essay, “Elena,” is her older sister, a Brazilian dancer and aspiring actress who settled in New York City and...
Petra Costa was born on 8 July 1983 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. She is a director and producer, known for The Edge of Democracy (2019), Olmo & the Seagull (2015) and Undertow Eyes (2009).
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Dec 9, 2019 · Petra Costa, a Brazilian filmmaker, explores the political turmoil and threats to democracy in her home country in this Oscar-contending documentary. She interviews former presidents Dilma Rousseff, Lula da Silva and Jair Bolsonaro, and reveals the parallels and differences with the U.S.
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Dec 13, 2019 · Brazil’s ousted President Dilma Rousseff and her predecessor, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, are the tragic central heroes of Petra Costa’s documentary “The Edge of Democracy.”
Jun 19, 2019 · Those likenesses were on Petra Costa’s mind as she filmed The Edge of Democracy, a documentary that covers Brazil’s recent slide from socialist prosperity toward military dictatorship and the...
