‘Breaking Myths’: Self-exiled filmmaker says Bolsonaro whistleblower film ‘couldn’t be shot in Brazil’

Fernando Grostein Andrade’s new documentary film “Quebrando o Tabu” and Fernando Siqueira, “Quebrando Mitos”, has won a new trailer that brings together footage of President Jair Bolsonaro’s violent speeches and the response of those harmed by his Politics .

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According to the official synopsis, which has a screenplay by Carol Pires, “Quebrando Mitos” will explore the “catastrophic and fragile masculinity of Jair Bolsonaro from the perspective of an LGBT couple – filmmaker Fernando Grostein Andrade and actor and singer Fernando Siqueira After anonymous threats due to Andrade’s criticism of Bolsonaro’s homophobia, the couple leave for California and decide to make a documentary that combines biographies and resistance to fascism in Brazil.

Filmmaker Fernando Grostein Andrade and his husband Fernando Siqueira, actor and singer, decided to go into exile in California after Jair Bolsonaro won the presidency of Brazil in 2018. The politician and his supporters.

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In the documentary, the filmmakers address the consequences of the Bolsonaro administration, highlighting the vulnerability of indigenous peoples, the destruction of the environment, attacks on the press, treatment of the fight against Covid, the growth of the number weapons and family ties. with the militias, which link the name of the current president to the Marielle Franco affair.

Director Grostein says “it’s a movie that couldn’t be made in Brazil”, and says “it’s a privilege to be in the United States now, and to make this movie is to exercise that privilege responsibly”.

‘Breaking Myths’ will be available Friday (16) on the official documentary website.

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