Central (2017)
• March 30th, 2017 • 1h 15min
Documentary
Overview
The Central Prison of Porto Alegre was considered the worst in Brazil by a commission of inquiry of the Chamber of Deputies in 2008. Now, the place opens its doors to expose the poorly maintained structure and the life of penitentiaries in unhealthy conditions. Prison officials, detainees, and relatives of prisoners tell how their daily lives are in jail and propose a reflection on the condition of the Brazilian penitentiary system.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Maria Bethânia: Música é Perfume
Released on: 2005-08-24
Music, Documentary
Brazilian singer Maria Bethania has a 40-year singing career. A documentary shows her concerts and f...
Panair of Brazil
Released on: 2007-09-27
Documentary
Panair do Brasil revives the story of the most important commercial aviation company in Brazil, betw...
Cora Coralina: Todas as Vidas
Released on: 2017-05-25
Documentary
All the lives of Cora Coralina in a poetic narrative in the voices, feelings and interpretations of ...
The Salt of the Earth
Released on: 2014-08-29
Documentary
During the last forty years, the photographer Sebastião Salgado has been travelling through the cont...
Martyrdom
Released on: 2017-04-13
Documentary
Waving the flag that states every film is political, Vincent Carelli visibilizes in this documentary...
City of God: 10 Years Later
Released on: 2013-10-05
Documentary
City of God – 10 Years Later investigates what happened to the actors who took part in the award-win...
A Imagem da Música - Os Anos de Influência da MTV Brasil
Released on: 2017-05-03
Documentary
The documentary goes through the 23 years of MTV Brazil, taking stock from the avant-garde to the os...
Data Limite segundo Chico Xavier
Released on: 2014-08-14
Documentary
UFO experts claim that after the explosion of the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, there was an incr...
Waste Land
Released on: 2010-01-24
Documentary
An uplifting feature documentary highlighting the transformative power of art and the beauty of the ...
The Sea of Pilgrim Antonio
Released on:
Documentary
"O Mar de Antônio Peregrino" tells the fascinating story of the pilgrim Antonio Conselheiro and the ...
GIG - A Uberização do Trabalho
Released on: 2019-06-01
Documentary
The work mediated by digital apps and platforms is growing worldwide. But the advance of the “gig ec...
Soberano: Seis Vezes São Paulo
Released on: 2010-09-17
Documentary
Tells the stories of six national soccer titles won by São Paulo Futebol Clube, from the point of vi...
Brazillians Like Me
Released on: 2008-05-17
Documentary
The encounter with a growing, and mostly undocumented, brazilian community allows us to bear witness...
Chacrinha: Eu Vim para Confundir e Não para Explicar
Released on: 2021-01-28
Documentary
Chacrinha's legacy on TV and excerpts from his personal life are revealed through testimonials and a...
Isle of Flowers
Released on: 1989-09-06
Documentary
A tomato is planted, harvested and sold at a supermarket, but it rots and ends up in the trash. But ...
Cássia
Released on: 2015-01-29
Documentary, Music
Cássia Eller Rejane. Cássia Eller. Cássia. A powerful restless force on stage, shined herself out of...
The Madness Among Us
Released on: 2016-08-04
Documentary
Leonor and Elizangela do not appear crazy at first sight in the way that society often imagines. The...
Hello, Hello, Terezinha!
Released on: 2009-10-29
Documentary
Hello, Hello, Terezinha! is a feature-length documentary about the country's biggest communication p...
Breaking the Taboo
Released on: 2011-06-03
Documentary
Narrated by Morgan Freeman, this groundbreaking new documentary uncovers the UN sanctioned war on dr...