Em 1977, em Recife, Marcelo, um especialista em tecnologia com cerca de quarenta anos, regressa no meio do Carnaval para se reunir com o seu filho e planear uma fuga perigosa sob os olhos sempre vigilantes do regime militar repressivo do Brasil.
Paulo é um jornalista que tenta mudar a situação ao planejar a ascensão de um canditato supostamente oposicionista chamado Vieira e buscando o apoio do maior empresário do país para deter o avanço de uma multinacional estrangeira sobre o capital do país. Tudo começou bem; porém, problemas sociais e a corrupção arruinaram sua intenção.
Mason Petit é um antigo Ranger do Exército convertido em homem de família com uma vida muito menos excitante do que já foi. Os seus perigosos dias de viagem pelo mundo como militar foram substituídos por uma carreira de advogado pouco sucedida e um casamento em risco. Tudo muda quando um antigo camarada lhe propõe um emprego: trabalhar como segurança da destemida jornalista Claire Wellington que conseguiu uma entrevista inédita com o notório e excêntrico ditador sul-americano Venegas. Petit aproveita a oportunidade e mete-se num avião sem pensar duas vezes. Ao aterrar é apanhado no meio de um violento golpe de Estado e fica sozinho na companhia de Wellington e do moralmente ambíguo Venegas na tentativa de escapar com vida do país.
Baseado numa história real. Em setembro de 1973, no Chile, o jornalista americano Charles Horman chega em Santiago com seu amigo Terry Simon para encontrarr sua esposa Beth e trazê-la de volta para Nova York com ele. No entanto, eles são surpreendidos pelo golpe militar patrocinado pelo governo dos EUA para substituir o presidente Salvador Allende e Charles é preso pela força militar. Seu pai Ed Horman, um empresário conservador de Nova York, chega no Chile para buscar seu filho desaparecido com Beth. Ele vai ao Consulado Americano para com o cônsul que promete os maiores esforços para encontrar Charles enquanto a cética Beth não confia na palavra das autoridades americanas. O nacionalismo e a confiança de Ed em seu governo muda quando ele encontra a verdade sobre o que aconteceu com seu amado filho.
Em Star Trek: Secção 31, a Imperador Philippa Georgiou junta-se a uma divisão secreta da Frota Estelar encarregada de proteger a Federação Unida dos Planetas, e deve enfrentar os pecados do seu passado.
A luta épica das vítimas dos 40 anos da ditadura de Franco, em Espanha, que continuam hoje a procurar justiça. Filmado ao longo de 6 anos, o filme acompanha várias vítimas e sobreviventes, enquanto organizam o "Processo Argentino" e enfrentam uma amnésia imposta pelo Estado perante crimes contra a Humanidade num país, que após quatro décadas de democracia, continua dividido.
Este retrato revelador de Cuba acompanha a vida de Fidel Castro e de três famílias cubanas afetadas pelas políticas de seu governo nas últimas quatro décadas. Documentário original Netflix.
A partir de vídeos oficiais e privados, idealizados pelo próprio ditador romeno, o realizador traça um percurso da ascensão e queda de Nicolae Ceausescu.
Recounts the experiences of a middle-class family, the Alcántaras, during the last years of the rule of Francisco Franco and the beginning of the Spanish Transition to democracy.
The story of an unassuming American family drawn into the workings of a turbulent Middle Eastern nation. Bassam "Barry" Al Fayeed, the younger son of the dictator of a war-torn nation, ends a self-imposed 20-year exile to return to his homeland, accompanied by his American wife and children, for his nephew's wedding. Barry’s reluctant homecoming leads to a dramatic clash of cultures as he is thrown back into the familial and national politics of his youth.
Television drama series which has been broadcast on RTP1 of Rádio e Televisão de Portugal from 2007 to 2011 and since 2019. It recounts the experiences of a middle-class family, the Lopes (Portuguese: Os Lopes), during the last years of the Estado Novo. In February 2019, RTP announced that the series, after eight years shelved, would be renewed, with the storyline moving firmly into the 1980s. The first episode of the sixth season was broadcast on 7 December 2019 with the Lopes entering 1984.
Freedom is a short-lived 2000 American science fiction television show on the UPN network. There were 12 episodes filmed but only 7 were aired in the US. Some episodes were further aired internationally, and the full series is still occasionally broadcast in Brazil.
Twenty year-old Julius Caesar flees Rome for his life during the reign of Sulla but through skill and ambition rises four decades later to become Rome's supreme dictator.
Three years in the making, this comprehensive study of the Soviet dictator blends documentary footage and interviews with experts and surviving witnesses.
Learn how six dictators, from Mussolini to Saddam Hussein, shaped the 20th century. How did they seize and lose power? What forces were against them? Learn the answers in these six immersive hours, each a revealing portrait of brutality and power.
Mussolini seized power in Italy in 1922, after his March on Rome. He would hold it in his grasp until his death in 1945, establishing a dictatorship that lasted more than 20 years. Long considered a buffoon and a second-rate dictator, Il Duce invented fascism that was imitated by Hitler, who viewed the Italian as his political master. He wanted to transform his country into a warrior nation and promised Italians a return to the grandeur of the Roman Empire. He governed by violence and trickery and was one of the first populist leaders of modern times, leading his country into the catastrophe of the World War II. But who was Mussolini, this former teacher who came from the extreme left to become a newspaper editor and creator of the Fascist Party? Why did he ally himself with Hitler? Were the Italians really behind him? With archives and interviews with the last-surviving witnesses of the era, this portrait takes a look back at one of the most notorious dictators of the 20th century.
In the past, there was only one path to success in Mexican politics: the path of the PRI. But the PRI is not just a political party; it is the institution that shaped Mexico's public and political behavior. It survived armed uprisings, student movements, economic crises, electoral defeats, and corruption scandals, but it was arrogance, corruption, inconsistency, and abuse of power that ultimately brought it down.
Enredos da Liberdade – O Grito do Samba Pela Democracia is a Brazilian documentary series available on Globoplay that delves into the pivotal role of samba schools during Brazil's transition from military dictatorship to democracy in the 1980s. Spanning five episodes, the series showcases how samba-enredo compositions became powerful tools of political resistance, addressing themes like censorship, economic hardship, and racial inequality. Through rare archival footage and interviews with prominent figures such as Martinho da Vila, Leci Brandão, and Rosa Magalhães, the documentary highlights the creative defiance of these cultural institutions. Each episode concludes with a reimagined performance of a significant samba, featuring artists like Teresa Cristina and Mart’nália, underscoring the enduring impact of these musical expressions in Brazil's democratic journey.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps or IRGC is the protector of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the military arm of the Supreme Leader. Also known as the Pasdaran, this deep-state mafia comprising 120,000 men has extensive powers, ensuring bloody repression of the people. No strangers to smuggling and trafficking, the IRGC’s economic empire is worth hundreds of billions of dollars. The Supreme Leader Khomeini has allowed the organization to infiltrate the state and its members are now mayors, members of parliament and ministers, cultivating their networks at the highest levels. The IRGC is responsible for Iran's nuclear and ballistic missile programs, and cultivates not only the art of deterrence, but also a strategy of asymmetrical warfare via the militias and terrorist organizations they finance, arm, and control across the Middle East.
