Recommended Films, Videos and Web Documentaries
1930: Tempo de revolução (1930: Time of Revolution) (1990) directed by Eduardo Escorel
Portuguese, 48:28
1932: A Guerra civil (1932: The civil war) (1992) directed by Eduardo Escorel
Portuguese, 48:43
1935: O assalto ao poder (1935: The assault on power) (2002) directed by Eduardo Escorel
Portuguese, 1:38:06
A Era Vargas: Historia do Brasil (2008), TV Escola
Portuguese, 27:04
Featuring Boris Fausto, Minister of Education
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Uj61kUiU54
Brazil at War (1943)
English, 9:41
U.S. propaganda film touting Brazil’s entry into WWII on the side of the Allies.
Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My Business (1995)
English
Getúlio do Brasil (2010) TV Senado
Portuguese, 1:57:42
Getúlio: Últimos dias de um presidente (2014)
Directed by João Jardin
Portuguese with English, Spanish and Portuguese Subtitles
Getúlio Vargas (1974) directed by Nei Sroulevich
Portuguese, 1:20:15
Há 60 anos suiciadava-se o presidente Getúlio Vargas (2014), Globo
Portuguese, 25:04
It’s All True: Based on an Unfinished Film (1942) by Orson Welles
English
Memórias do Cárcere (Prison Memories) (1986) directed by Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Portuguese with English Subtitles
Animation by Waldir Bronson (2013)
O suicídio de Getúlio Vargas Videos Educativos (YouTube) – Part 1 of 5
Portuguese, 20:02
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIYKiT_Tl-s
Olga (2004) directed Jayme Monjardim
Portuguese with English subtitles
Untitled Film by United News (1944)
English, 2:00
U.S. film documenting the inspection of American Major General Clark reviewing the FEB on Soldiers Day in 1944 in Italy.