The largest documentary festival in North America, the Hot Docs, based in Toronto, presents Brazilians documentaries on its 17th edition.
B1, Citizen Boilesen, Beyond Ipanema, Secrets of the tribe and Geral, were th e selected projects, but there is also Waste land, an international production
7News interviewed some of them on this special edition.
The first interviewee is Chaim Litewski, director/producer of Citizen Biolesen, a film about the life of Henning Albert Boilesen, using his life in Brazil as the field to discuss the years of dictatorship. Boilesen was involved with repression apparatus forces, like many entrepreneurs who supported financially the Oban (Operaçnão bandeirante) the right wing repression arm, which tortured and killed many ‘leftists’ in Brazil between 1964-1984.
Procon, the consumer protection agency, was created more than 30 years ago in Brazil. There are 240 offices in São Paulo state, and the oldest ones are located in Campinas and São Paulo city. In 2008 Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula ad Silva signed a decree nº 6.253/08 after the elaboration of the Consumer Service Regulation document, created following public consultation intended to improve the quality of consumer service of the financial institutions, telephone operating companies, and airlines, the complain champions.
Canadians are different from Americans, have a good sense of humour and face extreme weather while playing hockey.
In this edition, we approached Canadians and Brazilians to learn more about the identity of the Canadian.
