Petra Costa

The director of Oscar-nominated doco The Edge of Democracy dives deep into the current state of Brazilian politics—where democracy threatens to turn into theocracy.

Sundance Grand Jury Prize-nominated documentary looking at Brazil’s tumultuous recent history through the lens of the filmmaker’s memory.

Documentarian and actress Petra Costa goes in search of her big sister Elena who – 20 years earlier – had left Brazil for New York with the dream of becoming a movie star.