Waiting for the Carnival (2019)
• February 17th, 2019 • 1h 25min
Documentary
Overview
A documentary film about the Brazilian town of Toritama, the self-proclaimed capital of jeans. The workers of the city’s self-managed small businesses only get one real break from their self-exploiting lives in the textile business: the annual Carnival.
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