Documentary

In 2008, a young man broke into his ex-girlfriend's apartment, holding her and her friend hostage at gunpoint for five days. The so-called "crime of passion" was covered live and rabidly followed like a perverse telenovela. This film's pointed analysis of the Brazilian police and media's sensationalization of violence against women sadly explains the country's elevated rate of femicide.

Credits

Ana Paula LewinSelf

Analba TeixeiraSelf

Augusto RossiniSelf

Elisa GargiuloSelf

Esther HamburgerSelf