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Apocalypse in the Tropics Documentary Movie Trailer HD - Plot synopsis: Through a deep examination, this documentary from Oscar nominee Petra Costa explores the profound impact of evangelism on Brazil's political landscape.


When does a democracy end, and theocracy begin? Apocalypse in the Tropics investigates the increasingly powerful grip that evangelical Christian leaders hold over politics in Brazil. Weaving together past and present, the film holds a mirror up to the rest of the world.

Directed by Academy Award®-nominated Petra Costa Apocalypse in the Tropics will be released globally on Netflix July 14, 2025.
Transcript
00:00This city was designed as a vision of Brazil's future, and the cement that held it together
00:09was a faith, not in God, but instead in the equally abstract ideas of progress and democracy.
00:18In the last 40 years, evangelicals have grown from five to more than 30% of Brazil's population.
00:39A rapid religious shift molded into an unprecedented political force.
00:48This meme is my religion.
00:50We are the absolute majority of the world!
01:00What led the socialism to a failure was the negation of religion.
01:06With the truth, we are making a new political form in Brazil.
01:10He likes to talk with me, because I am frank to talk with him.
01:14Brazil is above all, Deus is above all!
01:18This is democracy.
01:20But democracy is not only the majority.
01:22It is also the minority.
01:23It is also the minority.
01:24The democracy is the majority of the majority.
01:28I am frank.
01:30I am frank.
01:32I am frank.
01:34I am frank.
01:36I am full.
01:38The church made a political scheme
01:46Here we will destroy those guys.
01:47Freedom of expression is not freedom of aggression.
01:51Democracy is not anarchy.
01:55What do you think will happen with the Brazilian democracy?
01:58The Brazilian nation is living a new moment.
02:21It is an American life.
02:24You are no longer alive.
02:27You are not living a new life.
02:30You are a new hero.
02:34There are a new wave in our lives.
02:36Who is a new leader?
02:37You are a new leader.
02:39What do you think will happen with the Brazilian democracy?
02:42What do you think will happen?
02:44The Brazilian democracy will not be Misty.
02:46How do you think will happen?
02:47What do you think will happen?

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