As a writer and director, Alex Garland 's films do not reflect the best of humanity or convey any optimism about the future.

Apocalypse in the Tropics (now streaming on Netflix) is a heavy, heavy documentary, the follow-up to Brazilian director Petra Costa’s 2019 must-see Oscar-nominee The Edge of Democracy. For the first ...

Many backed controversial president Jair Bolsonaro. That doesn’t mean they want a theocracy. Petra Costa, director of the recent documentary Apocalypse in the Tropics, offers a lens through which to ...

(RNS) — Netflix released the documentary ‘Apocalypse in the Tropics,’ which seeks to understand how the far right mobilizes faith for political interest. (RNS) — Protesters were dressed in national ...

When I watched Petra Costa’s Oscar-nominated 2019 documentary The Edge of Democracy, it was impossible not to be struck by the similarities between her native Brazil’s slide toward authoritarianism ...

We speak with Petra Costa about her new Netflix documentary, ‘Apocalypse in the Tropics’, a look at the rising evangelical influence in Brazilian politics.

A president who rejects election results, alleges fraud, and calls the media “fake news” incites an enraged mob to storm the nation’s congress. This scenario, while familiar to American audiences, is ...

In Petra Costa’s Oscar-nominated 2019 documentary, “The Edge of Democracy,” the filmmaker captured history in the making. While following the rise of her home country’s workers’ party, she landed ...

A strongman president tars his opponent as an enemy of the country. He refuses to concede when he loses his re-election bid, and a violent mob of his supporters storms the seat of government. They ...