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FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT
2019
The Battle of Rio
30 mins 19 secs
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Precis |
People want to break the
system - and the great symbol to break the system was Bolsonaro – Rodrigo Amorim, MP and
friend of new President Bolsonaro |
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Jair Bolsonaro vaulted to
power on a pledge to smash corruption and endemic violent crime that sees
around 60,000 Brazilians murdered each year, many in its tourist capital Rio,
and to restore family values. |
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His message rang with Brazil’s
burgeoning evangelicals and middle classes. |
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In Rio, reporter Sally Sara moves
from wealthy gated communities to crime-infested favelas to explore why yet
another democracy has turned to a hard-right absolutist leader… |
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Brazil really needs someone
who is more severe, more drastic – Rachel, middle class single
mother and victim of rape and robbery |
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… and why his opponents live
in dread. |
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This is obviously a person who
poses a danger to basic democratic principles, to the rule of law, to human
rights
– Glenn Greenwald, journalist and husband of left-wing MP. |
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When Bolsonaro lets police
shoot to kill, his army of supporters love him for it. It seems not to matter that the former
soldier praises past military dictatorships, or that he trash-talks women, or
that he is a homophobe. |
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But there was one killing
that’s become a rallying point for those who oppose the new president. |
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Black, gay, favela-raised
politician Marielle Franco was a fierce critic of a policing system that
kills a reported 5000 people a year. |
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A year ago she and her driver
were gunned down by unknown assailants. Just this month, two ex-military
police were arrested in connection with the killings. |
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There are men, powerful, who
killed her because they don’t accept people like us in politics – David Miranda, gay
left-wing politician |
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In death, Marielle Franco
looms as large as she did in life. As preparations get under way for the
spectacular annual Carnaval, huge flags are unfurled bearing her image. She
has become a heroine and galvanising figure for opponents of the new order. |
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She may inspire them, but she
can’t protect them… |
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Everybody is afraid of dying,
everybody – Sagat B, barber and musician in the favelas |
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GFX: Foreign Correspondent |
Music |
00:00 |
Episode teaser. Aerial. Christ the
Redeemer statue/Beach/Samba dances |
SALLY
SARA: Rio de Janeiro is famous for
sun, sand and samba. |
00:05 |
Carnaval parade |
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00:13 |
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It’s Carnaval time in one of the world’s
most stunning cities. |
00:15 |
Woman on street, blows kiss to
camera |
FEMALE: I love Brazil! |
00:20 |
Views of Rio from mountain |
SALLY
SARA: But, beyond the celebrations,
Rio is on the |
00:22 |
Young men with guns |
frontline
of a fight for law and order. |
00:25 |
Greenwald |
GLENN
GREENWALD: The fears of violence in
Brazil are very real. |
00:29 |
Bolsonaro motorcade |
SALLY
SARA: Brazil’s new right-wing
President, Jair Bolsonaro, is promising to crack down on criminals. |
00:38 |
Bolsonaro and Trump. |
But some
now fear that the so-called ‘Trump of the Tropics’ |
00:45 |
Police arrest young man |
may be
turning Brazil into a police state. |
00:48 |
Carnaval shots |
In the
build-up to Carnaval, we take to
the streets for the Battle of Rio. |
00:53 |
GFX Title: The Battle of Rio |
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00:58 |
Aerial over stadium |
SAGAT B
[singing]: |
01:04 |
Aerials. Favelas |
And behind
a black cloud |
01:16 |
Favela GVs |
Today I
stopped to think |
01:23 |
Sagat B singing |
That one
day I can change my reality SALLY
SARA: It’s taken Sagat B 40 years to
find his true voice. |
01:35 |
Men playing cards |
SAGAT B
[singing]: |
01:41 |
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SALLY
SARA: He’s restarting his life after
more than a decade in and out of prison for drugs and violence. |
01:45 |
Sagat B interview |
SAGAT B
(SUBTITLED): There’s a lot of fear,
everybody’s afraid of dying. There’s
hardly anyone who is not afraid of dying.
Everybody is afraid. |
01:55 |
Favela/ Police patrol favela |
SALLY
SARA: His music comes from Rio’s
slums, known as favelas. Places like
this are at the epicentre of the war against crime. |
02:04 |
Sagat B singing and playing guitar |
SAGAT B
[singing]: |
02:13 |
Shots of favela kids |
SALLY
SARA: More than 63,000 people were
murdered in Brazil in 2017. Most were
poor, young and black. |
02:19 |
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BOY: Mangueira! |
02:27 |
Boys play football |
SAGAT B
(SUBTITLED): A black boy in the slums
today in Brazil has very low self-esteem.
Many people do not believe in themselves or their abilities. So they give up and never succeed. |
02:31 |
GFX: |
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02:45 |
Sagat's barber shop |
Music |
02:50 |
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SALLY
SARA: Sagat is now a barber by day and
rapper by night. He still wears the
scars of his criminal past. |
03:05 |
Sagat shows scar |
SAGAT B
(SUBTITLED): This bullet entered here
where there’s a scar. |
03:16 |
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SALLY
SARA: The police shot him after he
attempted a robbery. |
03:20 |
Sagat cutting hair |
He was
lucky to survive. More than 5,000
people are killed by Brazilian police every year. |
03:23 |
Sagat interview |
SAGAT B
(SUBTITLED): The bullet here will follow
me to the grave, because whenever I feel it I thank God for still being able
to breathe. |
03:33 |
Sagat cutting hair |
SALLY
SARA: He hopes his second chance
inspires others. |
03:41 |
Sagat interview |
SAGAT B
(SUBTITLED): I know that when kids
come here, they know my story. There’s
something that moves them, that shows there may be a future, it can make a
difference. |
03:45 |
Sagat's barber shop |
SALLY
SARA: Sagat thinks the new President’s
tough on crime approach will backfire. SAGAT B
(SUBTITLED): In the world where I
lived, I learned that violence begets violence. |
03:58 |
Sagat interview |
So when
you say that a good thug is a dead thug, you grow a desire to kill in the
thug’s heart too. |
04:11 |
Favela GVs |
Music |
04:18 |
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SAGAT B
(SUBTITLED): The best way to deal with
the problem of violence in Brazil is to promote long term policies. We don’t see projects working on the
mindset of children like that in schools in slums. We don’t see things like that. |
04:25 |
Sagat interview |
We just
see the police going into the slums with a licence to kill. |
04:42 |
Preparation for rooftop bbq |
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04:47 |
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SALLY
SARA: "That’s everything, I
think". |
04:51 |
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SALLY
SARA: Home is the favela of Mangueira.
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04:53 |
Favela drone shots/Maracana stadium |
It’s
estimated that there are more than one thousand slums like this in Rio. It sits on a hillside overlooking Maracana
Stadium – the centrepiece of the 2016 Olympics. |
04:59 |
Rooftop bbq |
SAGAT B
(SUBTITLED): Even if people living
here in the slums face a lot of problems, |
05:13 |
Sagat at Sara on rooftop |
we wake up
in the morning and see a view like this. |
05:19 |
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SALLY
SARA: The rich neighbourhoods are just
out of reach. |
05:23 |
Claudiene and Sara on rooftop |
CLAUDIENE
ESTEVES (SUBTITLED): From up here when
we look down, it seems very close. But
it’s a long walk to get there. |
05:30 |
Rooftop bbq |
SALLY
SARA: But the people here make the
most of what they have. Claudiene
Esteves is a long-time local samba dancer. |
05:35 |
Claudiene and Sara on rooftop |
CLAUDIENE
ESTEVES (SUBTITLED): Here in Mangueira
we have many hidden talents. |
05:45 |
Rooftop bbq |
SALLY
SARA: Once a year, the people of
Mangueira put their favela on the world stage. |
05:49 |
Rio GVs/Carnaval dancing |
Music |
05:56 |
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SALLY
SARA: Mangueira is famous for
samba. Brazil’s signature dance is a
mixture of Latin and African rhythms. |
06:15 |
Claudiene interview at Carnaval rehearsal |
CLAUDIENE
ESTEVES (SUBTITLED): Everybody who was
born and raised in the community of Mangueira has breathed this air since
they were in their mother’s belly. |
06:28 |
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SALLY
SARA: It’s less than a week to go
before members of Mangueira’s Samba School will compete at Rio’s Carnaval. |
06:35 |
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Crowd
singing: |
06:41 |
Sara to camera at rehearsal |
SALLY
SARA: This is one of the last rehearsals
before Carnaval. It gives you an idea of the strong sense of
community and the resourcefulness of Mangueira. The people here are able to gather
thousands of locals together to put on a winning performance at what is known
as the biggest party on earth. |
06:45 |
Carnaval rehearsal |
Music |
07:02 |
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SALLY
SARA: But this is much more than a
celebration. This year’s song pays
tribute to the oppressed. |
07:09 |
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SINGING: |
07:17 |
Police car/Franco graffiti/Mural |
SALLY
SARA: Another name has been added to
the list of heroes. Marielle Franco
was assassinated a year ago. She was
the only black woman on Rio’s city council. |
07:40 |
Carnaval rehearsal |
SINGING: |
07:52 |
Claudiene interview |
CLAUDIENE
ESTEVES (SUBTITLED): We’re showing the
history Brazil didn’t tell about the slaves, about the people who have been
struggling until today. The story that
Brazil has never been told. This is
the story that Mangueira wants to tell. |
08:04 |
Carnaval rehearsal |
Music |
08:20 |
Various archival. Bolsonaro footage |
SALLY
SARA: This is the man who is
polarising the country. Brazil’s new
President, Jair Bolsonaro has little time for his critics. |
08:31 |
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JAIR
BOLSONARO (SUBTITLED): Because I won’t
become a wimp to please voters! The
vote is your problem! |
08:42 |
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SALLY
SARA: Bolsonaro is infamous for his
sexist, racist and homophobic rants. |
08:49 |
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JAIR
BOLSONARO (SUBTITLED): You call me a
rapist? You call me a rapist? FEMALE: Yeah. JAIR
BOLSONARO (SUBTITLED): You are too
ugly to rape. |
08:55 |
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JAIR
BOLSONARO (SUBTITLED): If a son starts
acting kind of faggy, he gets a beating and that changes his behaviour. |
09:01 |
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JAIR
BOLSONARO (SUBTITLED): The Portuguese
never set foot in Africa – the blacks handed themselves in as slaves. |
09:07 |
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JAIR
BOLSONARO (SUBTITLED): Whore! |
09:11 |
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SALLY
SARA: He was once a fringe political
character. |
09:12 |
Stills. Bolsonaro in army uniform |
SALLY
SARA: A former army officer, who
praised military dictatorships. |
09:17 |
Archival. Bolsonaro TV interview |
JAIR
BOLSONARO (SUBTITLED): It works! I support torture, you know that! |
09:21 |
Police with guns |
SALLY
SARA: But many Brazilians were fed up
with crime on the streets and a multibillion-dollar corruption scandal under
the previous left-wing government. |
09:24 |
Archival. Bolsonaro dons sunglasses/with
child making gun pose |
They
wanted a wild card. GLENN
GREENWALD: Anybody who successfully
poses as an outsider and promises to burn down that political system, |
09:36 |
Greenwald |
it will
seem like it’s worth taking the risk. |
09:45 |
Archival. Bolsonaro stabbing |
SALLY
SARA: Bolsonaro was stabbed at a
rally, a month before the election. |
09:47 |
Archival. Bolsonaro from hospital
bed |
JAIR
BOLSONARO (SUBTITLED): I thank God and
the wonderful family I have. |
09:52 |
Archival. Swearing in ceremony |
SALLY
SARA: He was sworn in on January 1st
this year. The question is, how far
will voters allow Bolsonaro to go? |
09:59 |
Muniz interview. Super: |
DR
JACQUELINE MUNIZ (SUBTITLED): In the
face of fear, citizens give up their individual and collective guarantees in
favour of a opportunistic saviour, a opportunistic prophet, a muscleman, a
strongman who promises to guarantee your life. But you pay for that. |
10:12 |
Drone shots. Christ statue above
Rio |
Music |
10:27 |
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SALLY
SARA: Christ the Redeemer keeps watch
over the city. Religious conservatives
are a big part of President Bolsonaro’s support base. His promised return to ‘family values’ and
law and order resonates with many. |
10:38 |
Sara to camera at Christ statue |
SALLY
SARA: Brazil is the largest Catholic
nation on earth. But there’s a bit
shift underway. The rise of evangelical
churches is changing the religious and political landscape and delivering
millions votes to President Bolsonaro. |
10:56 |
Tourists at Christ statue |
Music |
11:11 |
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SALLY
SARA: The evangelicals already account
for more than 20 percent of Brazil's population. |
11:15 |
Pastor Silas preaching in church |
PASTOR
SILAS MALAFAIA (SUBTITLED): We will
continue to open agencies of heaven on Earth. |
11:22 |
Greenwald interview. Super: |
GLENN
GREENWALD: The Evangelical movement is
probably the single most powerful and influential political faction in
Brazil. |
11:27 |
Pastor Silas soliciting donations |
SALLY
SARA: Silas Malafaia is a high-profile
Pentecostal pastor with a vast network of churches and business interests. |
11:37 |
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PASTOR
SILAS MALAFAIA (SUBTITLED): If you
would like to use your credit or debit card, raise your hand and someone will
come to you with an EFTPOS machine. |
11:46 |
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SALLY
SARA: The evangelicals are highly
successful at recruiting and retaining a loyal congregation. |
11:56 |
Malafaia interview |
PASTOR
SILAS MALAFAIA (SUBTITLED): I think
they understood that because we’re a very large and influential segment, we
deserved to receive proper attention. |
12:07 |
Church congregation listening to
Pastor Silas |
SALLY
SARA: With the President’s blessing,
the evangelicals push their hard-line views on everything from abortion to
homophobia. |
12:19 |
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PASTOR
SILAS MALAFAIA (SUBTITLED): I’m not
afraid of any laws of homophobia, you know why? No one can be punished by philosophical,
religious or political convictions.
I’m going to declare – because it is my conviction, and I’m protected
by article five of the constitution.
Homosexuality is a behaviour and it’s a sin. |
12:29 |
Sara in congregation |
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12:50 |
Malafaia interview |
PASTOR
SILAS MALAFAIA (SUBTITLED): My
daughter, I am always threatened with death.
I’m forced to walk with security guards. There are four security guards around me
and why? I have received threats from
the gays, threats from the leftists, but I do not flee. |
12:53 |
Marielle Franco mural |
SALLY
SARA: Rio City councillor, Marielle
Franco, received death threats, too – but with deadly consequences. |
13:15 |
Archival. Marielle to camera.
Campaign video |
Marielle
was black, lesbian and grew up in the favelas. She was a persistent voice against
repression and police brutality. |
13:24 |
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MARIELLE
FRANCO (SUBTITLED): In the alleys and
laneways of the favelas, to survive is our greatest resistance! |
13:34 |
Archival. Assassination scene |
SALLY
SARA: The 38-year old and her driver
were shot dead on March 14th last year. |
13:42 |
Greenwald interview |
GLENN
GREENWALD: One of the reasons she was
so inspiring and important as a political figure was because she was so
defiant. She used to challenge,
viscerally, to the kind of conservative culture that not only dominates
Brazil, but becomes stronger as part of the Bolsonaro movement. |
13:53 |
Stills. Marielle with David
Miranda/ Miranda making speeches |
SALLY
SARA: David Miranda was Marielle
Franco’s colleague on the Rio City Council.
He’s also gay, black, outspoken and from the favelas. |
14:12 |
Marielle's funeral |
He carried
Marielle’s coffin at her funeral. DAVID
MIRANDA: It was so heavy, because like
it was my friend inside of there. And
every time we passed through the people, they would just |
14:27 |
Miranda interview |
like fall
down. Just like the bodies would just
give up when we pass. And everybody
was crying. |
14:42 |
Miranda at home with children and
Greenwald |
SALLY
SARA: Miranda is the husband of
journalist Glenn Greenwald. They have
two adopted sons. |
14:51 |
Greenwald interview |
SALLY
SARA: We’re obvious targets. We’re not paranoid about it. We’re not going to flee the country. We are not going to restrain our advocacy
or our work in any way, but we’re obviously conscious of what the risks are. |
15:00 |
Miranda making speech |
SALLY
SARA: Now, David Miranda is a member
of the National Parliament, chosen to replace another gay MP, Jean Wyllys, |
15:13 |
Wyllys in parliament. On screen
subtitle: I vote NO to the “coup”. And
swallow that, you bastards! |
who fled
because of death threats. |
15:22 |
Miranda walks in favela |
SALLY
SARA: He’s determined to keep speaking
out, especially for the favelas. |
15:29 |
Miranda interview |
DAVID
MIRANDA: And I know what I can do in
the Congress. That’s why I got into
politics, because I believe I can be this voice. |
15:34 |
Police officer arrest sequence |
SALLY
SARA: Last month, two former police
officers were arrested for Marielle Franco’s murder. They say they’re innocent. As detectives investigate, Marielle’s
supporters believe |
15:41 |
Protest march in support of
Marielle |
the
killing was linked to right wing hit squads. DAVID
MIRANDA: Powerful men killed her,
because we know |
15:56 |
Miranda interview |
they don’t
accept people like us in politics. |
16:07 |
Militia and police patrols |
SALLY
SARA: The militias are run by current
and former army and police officers.
For years, they have operated with impunity in Rio. DR
JACQUELINE MUNIZ (SUBTITLED): I would
say it’s very delicate. |
16:09 |
Muniz |
Marielle’s
death is yet to be solved. |
16:23 |
Painted on door: “Who killed Marielle?” |
SALLY
SARA: The question remains, who killed
Marielle Franco? And who ordered it? |
16:25 |
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DR
JACQUELINE MUNIZ (SUBTITLED): This was
much bigger and had to do with political actors from above. The notion that it was a militia guy from
any corner is too simplistic. |
16:34 |
Marielle mural |
It’s more
than that. It’s bigger than that and
serves political objectives. |
16:45 |
Graffiti on doorway: “It wasn’t me” |
SALLY
SARA: President Bolsonaro is facing
increasing demands to explain his family’s alleged links to the
militias. He denies any connection to
the killers. |
16:51 |
Sara walks steps of parliament
building |
Music |
17:02 |
Interiors. Rio state parliament
during sitting |
SALLY
SARA: In Rio’s state parliament, the
political debate is bitter. MALE
(SUBTITLED): I believe we are living
in a crisis in Brazil democracy and the party system. |
17:08 |
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SALLY
SARA: The number one item on the
agenda is the fight against violent crime.
Long-time observers have never seen it like this. |
17:18 |
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ARI
PEIXOTO: We have today a House of
Representatives full of |
17:27 |
Peixoto interview. Super: |
people
from the right-wing. They are just
interested in killing people and they think that killing people, they are
going to reduce the crime rate. |
17:30 |
Parliamentary broadcast |
SALLY
SARA: But the uncompromising approach
has the support of millions of people in Rio. ARI
PEIXOTO: President Bolsonaro was
elected |
17:40 |
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with a
huge votation here in Rio de Janeiro, I think more than 60 percent. He had more than 60 percent of the votes
here in Rio de Janeiro. |
17:47 |
Amorim looks directly to camera |
SALLY
SARA: Conservative debutant, Rodrigo
Amorim, won more votes in 2018 than any other candidate in Rio. |
17:58 |
Amorim interview in office |
RODRIGO
AMORIM (SUBTITLED): The big result of
the 2018 elections was surely the people’s wish to break the system. The great symbol to break the system was
Bolsonaro. Bolsonaro represented the
antithesis of everything there was. He
was fighting corruption, restoring values. |
18:05 |
Framed photo of Bolsonaro on Amorim
office wall |
SALLY
SARA: Rodrigo Amorim is a family
friend of the Bolsonaros. He supports
the President’s policy, allowing police to shoot to kill, even if suspects
are teenagers. |
18:29 |
Amorim interview |
RODRIGO
AMORIM (SUBTITLED): Police officers
have the legal right to defend themselves.
If there are minors involved who react to a police action, they must
be treated as criminals and outlaws to be arrested. If they end up dead in combat, it’s a
consequence of the police doing their job. |
18:41 |
Copacabana beach GVs |
Music |
19:00 |
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SALLY
SARA: On the city’s most famous beach,
Copacabana, people are divided. |
19:14 |
Vox pops. People at beach |
MALE
(SUBTITLED): I think it will get
better because the situation in the country is horrible. Too much violence, the financial situation
is bad. A high rate of
unemployment. So, let’s see if he can
improve things. He’s a young fellow
with a strong will. |
19:19 |
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FEMALE
(SUBTITLED): I’m less against him than
before, but he would never have my vote. |
19:36 |
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FEMALE
(SUBTITLED): Living in Brazil, it’s
normal, because this is how politics are done. Politics has no solution. You can put the most honest person in the
world there and there will always be corruption. It’s got to stop. He has to decide to stop it. |
19:44 |
Rachel with son. Knocks ball from
his hand |
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19:57 |
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SALLY
SARA: For some Bolsonaro supporters,
the conservative shift is long overdue.
Rachel Gutvilen is a single mother.
She wants a better future for her four-year old son, Romeu. |
20:09 |
Rachel interview |
RACHEL
GUTVILEN (SUBTITLED): Brazil really
needs someone who is more severe, more drastic. In 15 years, I hope my son can go out
without me, without me worrying every second whether he’ll make it back home. |
20:26 |
Apartment compound |
SALLY
SARA: But crime is so bad, Rachel and
many other middle-class residents live in secure compounds like this
one. |
20:42 |
Rachel at home |
Before she
moved here, Rachel was a victim of violent crime seven times, including rape
and robbery. She wants heavily armed
criminals to be killed. |
20:51 |
Rachel interview in kitchen |
RACHEL
GUTVILEN (SUBTITLED): It’s not
complicated. People can’t have big
guns, rifles. That’s it. If they do, they are wrong. People don’t have rifles for decoration, to
walk around. They will use it to kill
somebody, either police or an innocent person. So if they use it, they will die. |
21:01 |
Sagat B performance at club |
SALLY
SARA: Rapper, Sagat B, is performing
in downtown Rio. |
21:37 |
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SINGING: |
21:43 |
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I keep my
head up |
21:56 |
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Sagat is
sagacity SALLY
SARA: Sagat and his friends live in
fear as the war on crime escalates. |
22:05 |
Sagat interview |
SAGAT B
(SUBTITLED): I’m no longer a bum or a
criminal, but I’m scared. I can be
walking in the slum in the morning, or leaving for a show or coming back from
a show, doing something late at night because I work at night and bump into
police, get misunderstood and lose my life for nothing. |
22:12 |
Sagat performing |
SINGING: |
22:31 |
Young people on street |
SALLY
SARA: In February, 13 young people
were killed during a police raid in the nearby favela of Fallet. |
22:39 |
Vox pops with young men |
DIGUINHO
(SUBTITLED): My cousin was killed at
home. Not carrying anything. The police went inside and killed him with
a knife. |
22:46 |
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MALE
INTERVIEWEE (SUBTITLED): They went
into house after house. They killed
one after another. |
22:55 |
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MALE
INTERVIEWEE (SUBTITLED): But if you go
do anything, you might end up dead, too.
They kill people here and there.
It’s even worse now because of the current political administration,
because it’s becoming the law. |
23:01 |
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SALLY
SARA: Police have defended the raid
and denied any wrongdoing. Young
people are caught in the crossfire between police, drug gangs and right-wing
militias. |
23:17 |
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SAGAT B
(SUBTITLED): They’d rather invest in
bullets for the police to kill these people than in notebooks for the
children to study. |
23:28 |
Ipanema beach GVs |
Music |
23:38 |
|
SALLY
SARA: Many Brazilians have learned to
live in the moment. |
23:50 |
Sagat at beach |
For Sagat
B, this is one of the few places he feels free. |
23:55 |
|
SAGAT B
(SUBTITLED): The sea is something that
God gave to everyone, so there is no restriction on people, gender or
age. This is a wonderful place. I think politicians should try to do what
is best for the people, whether they’re from the right or left. |
24:02 |
|
SALLY
SARA: Decades of upheaval have bred
resilience and passion. |
24:22 |
Sagat interview at beach |
SAGAT B
(SUBTITLED): Brazilians are a warrior
people who will never give up and whatever happens under Bolsonaro or any
other government, we will keep fighting for a better future for our society,
our children. |
24:30 |
Beach |
SALLY
SARA: Rio is getting ready for one of
the biggest nights of the year. |
24:53 |
Carnaval fireworks |
Music |
24:57 |
Samba schools competition |
SALLY
SARA: This is the pinnacle of Carnaval. Thousands of people are at the Samba Drome,
to watch the city’s best samba schools compete. This event will go on until dawn. Member of Parliament, David Miranda, will
be performing for the first time. DAVID
MIRANDA: I’m very excited about
tonight. |
25:04 |
Miranda interview at competition |
There’s
going to be a lot of protests. Like
the Samba movement always have been about putting, like, culture, but at the
same time showing resistance. It was
born in a place where all the black people who were slaves came to Brazil. |
25:28 |
Performers at competition |
SALLY
SARA: Ten times more African slaves
were sent to Brazil than the United States.
Today, their descendants keep samba alive. |
25:49 |
|
DAVID
MIRANDA: All those schools come from
favelas. And when you see everybody
just passing over there, it shows the energy of the communities of Rio de
Janeiro. No government, nobody can
take that from us. |
26:00 |
|
Music |
26:15 |
Miranda dons ' who killed Marielle Franco?'
t-shirt |
|
26:25 |
|
DAVID
MIRANDA: I hope everybody is going to
be asking this question tomorrow, who are the ones who killed Marielle
Franco? |
26:33 |
Dancers on floats |
Music |
26:39 |
Monica dancing in stadium |
SALLY
SARA: Up in the stands is Marielle
Franco’s widow, Monica Benicio. |
27:01 |
Monica interview in stadium stand |
MONICA
BENICIO (SUBTITLED): There is a
catharsis of sorts during Carnaval. So there’s a bittersweet feeling of sadness
and joy. But there’s also a feeling of
hope and resistance. |
27:07 |
|
SALLY
SARA: The parade is broadcast to
millions. The performers know that
their message will be seen and heard all the way to the top. |
27:21 |
|
MONICA
BENICIO (SUBTITLED): We elected a
fascist who represents the exact opposite of what Marielle did. A misogynistic, sexist, LGBT-phobic man who
in no way represents most of the Brazilian people. |
27:30 |
Drummers and dancers |
Music |
27:43 |
Claudiene waiting to perform |
SALLY
SARA: Claudiene and the performers
have been waiting all night. |
27:57 |
|
CLAUDIENE
ESTEVES (SUBTITLED): My anxiety today
… is screaming. |
28:03 |
Mangueira performs |
SALLY
SARA: It’s time for Mangueira to
shine. |
28:08 |
|
MALE: Mangueira, Mangueira! |
28:13 |
|
SALLY
SARA: As Carnaval rolls on, the battle of Rio is far from over. President Bolsonaro’s opponents say they
won’t be silenced. |
28:21 |
|
SINGING: |
28:32 |
|
The other
side of the coin |
28:41 |
Crowd sing |
My love
Mangueira has arrived! |
28:50 |
Flag flying of Marielle
Franco. |
SALLY
SARA: Mangueira’s final act is to fly
the flag of their hero – Marielle Franco. |
28:55 |
Dancers and singers |
SINGING: MONICA
BENICIO (SUBTITLED): Seeing Marielle’s
image replicated |
29:04 |
Monica interview in stand |
not only
in this call for justice but also in preserving the memory of what she
represented, brings me hope. I realise
her life wasn’t in vain and her death wasn’t either. |
29:19 |
Floats/Dancers. GFX On Screen Text: |
Music |
29:34 |
Credits: |
Reporter Sally Sara |
29:47 |
|
Archives Michell Boukheris,
Michael Osmond, John Williams |
29:58 |
|
Supervising
Producer Michael Doyle |
29:30 |
Out point after credits |
|
30:19 |