"The year is 2025 and far-right coup plotters have annihilated Brazil's democracy, assassinating the president, closing the national congress and surrendering the Amazon rainforest and its untold riches to the United States. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Amazon of America, a thick-accented North American soldier tells a group of journalists being taken on a propaganda tour of an oil refinery in the newly annexed jungle realm. Nearby, a replica of the Statue of Liberty has been carved out of the wilderness to celebrate Washington's tutelage over more than half of Brazil."
"After the green and yellow dagger revolution wipes out Bolsonaro's rivals, the military takes power, censoring the media, purging ideological deviants and transferring control of the Amazon to Washington in exchange for it having supported the coup. Post-coup Sao Paulo in a scene from the film. Photograph: Vetor Zero"
"Brazilian reporters such as the film's lead character, Carol (played by the award-winning actor Alice Braga) are barred from entering the rainforest region without a visa, and a news blackout is imposed to stop details of the environmental calamity leaking out. Communications are cut and Indigenous leaders disappear."
A speculative future imagines Brazil’s 2022 election coup succeeding, with far-right plotters annihilating democracy by assassinating the president, closing national congress, and surrendering the Amazon rainforest to the United States. A propaganda tour in an annexed Amazon realm features a replica Statue of Liberty carved from wilderness to celebrate Washington’s tutelage. After rivals are eliminated, the military takes power, censoring media, purging ideological deviants, and transferring Amazon control to Washington in exchange for support. Brazilian reporters are barred from entering the rainforest without visas, a news blackout prevents environmental details from leaking, communications are cut, and Indigenous leaders disappear.
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