The Academy Award-winning film spotlights the ongoing effort in Brazil to ensure the atrocities committed during the country’s dictatorship period are remembered. Why you can trust us By Nicole Froio 7 MIN READIn the late 1970s, the military regime in Brazil was preparing to return the country to democratic rule. With no institutional recognition of human rights abuses committed between 1964 to 1985, the door was open for denial and diminishment of that brutal period in Brazilian history. According to Rodrigues, this is the legacy of Brazil never having an institutionalized process to recognize the crimes committed by the military regime. She writes about social movements, human rights violations, and pop culture.