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Amnesty 1979 (2026)
Directed by Anita Leandro
“In Brazil, the past has not yet passed.”
Documentary · 1h 45m
In Rome, in June 1979, the International Conference for Amnesty in Brazil is filmed, a major gathering of the Brazilian left in exile. Viewed in the present day, this archive revisits with rare vitality the question of political strategies in the face of state repressive apparatuses.
Cast
L
Lelio Basso
Self (archive footage)
Denise Crispim
Self
Branca Moreira Alves
Self
H
Hamilton Lopes dos Santos
Self
L
Louis Joinet
Self (archive footage)
G
George Wald
Self (archive footage)
G
Giancarla Codrignani
Self (archive footage)
C
Carlo Fracanzani
Self (archive footage)
D
Dirceu Greco Monteiro
Self
Luiz Eduardo Greenhalgh
Self
Heloísa Greco
Self
L
Linda Bimbi
Self (archive footage)
Crew
- Director
- Anita Leandro
- Writer
- Anita Leandro, Alice de Andrade
- Director of Photography
- Bené Machado
- Editor
- Isabel Castro, Anita Leandro
- Producer
- Alice de Andrade, Maria Flor Brazil
Details
- Original title
- Anistia 79
- Release date
- 2026-08-20
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- PT
- Spoken languages
- French, Italian, Portuguese
- Countries
- Brazil
- Production
- Montanha Russa Cinematográfica, Banda Filmes