Jean Wyllys
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Biography: Jean Wyllys de Matos Santos (Alagoinhas, March 10, 1974) is a Brazilian journalist, university professor and politician.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Alagoinhas, Bahia
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Birthday: March 10, 1974
Age: 51 years old
Gender: Male
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Esquerda em Transe
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2019-01-10
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Balizando 2 de Julho
Overview: A documentary that follows the participation of members of the LGBTQI+ community in the 2nd of July 2019 Parade, sometimes focusing their lenses on the performance of the beacons, or with the public that honors the moment.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2020-04-21
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The Coup d'État Factory
Overview: Brazil has a long tradition of coup d'états. These coups would have not been viable without the support of the big media, particularly TV Globo. Two Brazilian journalists in the UK reveal the manipulative tactics of these organisations.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2022-09-08
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Laughter of Others
Overview: There are limits to jokes? What is the politically incorrect humor? A joke has the power to offend? It is these issues that 'Laughter of Others' discusses interviewing personalities such as comedians Danilo Gentili and Rafinha Bastos, cartoonist Laerte and Congressman Jean Wyllys, among others. The documentary delves into the world of Stand Up Comedy to discuss the fine line between comedy and offense, between legal and what creates endless lawsuits.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2012-01-12
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Breaking Myths
Overview: “Breaking Myths” aims to open the world’s eyes to the fragile and “catastrophic masculinity” of Brazil’s current President Jair Bolsonaro, a fanatical far-right politician who can best be described as the Brazilian Donald Trump — and who is up for a second term this October. The story is told through the lens of the critically acclaimed Brazilian filmmaker and LGBTQ activist Fernando Grostein Andrade (“Abe” Sundance 19), who directed, wrote, and produced the feature alongside creative partner Fernando Siqueira as the first release under his production company in California, FilmSoul Studios.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-09-13
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Political Bodies
Overview: At a time when the far right is ascending to power around the world, the 2020 Brazilian municipal elections saw a surprising and unprecedented record of LGBT candidates. This film follows four young queer politicians during their electoral campaigns and reveals their struggle to affirm their rights to exist and be heard.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2022-09-20
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A Thread of Hope: Independence or War in Western Sahara
Overview: Neglected by the world, the Western Sahara's fight for independence is one of the longest in recent history. The documentary tells the history of resistence of the saharawi people, who have been waiting for a referendum on self-determination for 26 years, and explores their insatisfaction with the UN's peacekeeping missions in refugee camps, liberated zones and occupied territories by Morocco for over 40 years. The documentary also questions Brazil's neutrality on the matter, one of the few countries in Latin America that still haven't recognized the independence of Western Sahara, contributing to the normalization of sistematic violence against the saharawis and the illegal extraction of their natural resources.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2018-02-21
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A Metaphor
Overview: A poetic license allows Samantha (Tetsuo Takita), a soul full of nuances, to experience all the emotions described by Fátima Guedes, our singer and poet, in her poems and songs. Jean Willys was invited to leave the film's final message.
Genres: Fantasy Drama
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Cinema in 7 Colors
Overview: Cinema in 7 Colors traces an historical panorama of how the queer people were portrayed in the Brazilian silver screens, from its origin in the chanchadas of the 1950s up to the present day. The film investigates the origins of the prejudices, stereotypes, as well as the importance of the identification with constructive representations of these characters.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2008-06-09
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Favela Gay
Overview: Favela Gay tells the story of eleven individuals in their own words. Living in eight slums (favelas) in Rio de Janeiro, these members of the LGBTQ community – two transgender women, a crossdressing man, a travesti prostitute, a famous carnival dancer, two community activists, and even a young man who used to be transgender, but transitioned back – have fought prejudice and seen some of the most unsavoury sides of the city.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2014-10-07
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The Stranger in the House
Overview: Jean Wyllys is one of the MPs of Brazil's National Congress. The politician, who is also a journalist and teacher, fights for minorities, as well as being one of the greatest representatives of the LGBTQ+ cause. Now, he exposes a period of three years of his routine in the public sphere, which provokes a reflection on a time of polarization in Brazilian politics.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2016-09-23
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Ilegal
Overview: Her daughter afflicted by a rare epilepsy, Katiele tries desperately to obtain the only thing that can relieve it: a substance derived from marijuana.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2014-10-09
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The Trial
Overview: The impeachment and removal from office of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff in 2016 was triggered by a corruption scandal involving, among others, her then vice-president Michel Temer. Director Maria Augusta Ramos follows the trial against Rousseff from the point of view of her defence team. This is a courtroom drama that unfolds slowly: the appearances of the various parties gradually turn the proceedings into something akin to theatre. Inside the courtroom, grand emotions are played to full effect whilst, on the other side of the doors, lobbyists and supporters pace the corridors. Meanwhile, outside, in front of Brasília’s modernist government buildings, demonstrators are chanting like a Greek chorus. Only the main character, Rousseff herself, remains professional and aloof.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2018-05-17
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The Edge of Democracy
Overview: A cautionary tale for these times of democracy in crisis—the personal and political fuse to explore one of the most dramatic periods in Brazilian history. With unprecedented access to Presidents Dilma Rousseff and Lula da Silva, we witness their rise and fall and the tragically polarized nation that remains.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2019-01-24
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Encantado, le Brésil désenchanté
Overview: Considered for a few years the “country of the future”, Brazil has seen since 2013 a deep disenchantment between the middle and popular classes that culminated with the rise of Jair Bolsonaro to the Presidency in 2018. Enchanted portrays this recent Brazilian history from a homonymous neighborhood of the Rio suburb transfigured by the 2016 Olympics. From Rio to Paris, a political and poetic testimony of Brazil through the eyes of the first generation of the popular class to study abroad.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2018-09-29
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A Lei e o Medo
Overview: A documentary that shows the fear of the loss of democratic achievements in the face of Bolsonaro's election in 2018. The film highlights two of these laws, the one that allowed homo affective marriage, among other LGBTQ+ flags, and the one that allows arresting those who protest in the streets, created in 2013 to curb street movements against the government.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2020-05-30
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Poemaria
Overview: Inspired by Eduardo Coutinho's films, debutant director Davi Kinski proposes the documentary Poemaria, assembled from conversations with 24 personalities. The subject: poetry.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2024-08-16
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