• Director(s)

    n/a

  • Production Year

    2022

  • Genre(s)

    Documentary

  • Cast

    Chico Alencar, Guilherme Amado, Stephen Bannon, Flávio Bolsonaro, Jair Bolsonaro, Michelle Bolsonaro, Gerald Brant, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Sam Cowie, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Trent Watts

TV Show

Boys From Brazil, The Rise Of The Bolsonaros

BOYS FROM BRAZIL, THE RISE OF THE BOLSONAROS is a British documentary series; in this episode, Army Captain Jair Bolsonaro leaves the military to begin his political career in Congress and soon becomes a national figure on television. …

BOYS FROM BRAZIL, THE RISE OF THE BOLSONAROS is a British documentary series; in this episode, Army Captain Jair Bolsonaro leaves the military to begin his political career in Congress and soon becomes a national figure on television.

  • Director(s)

    n/a

  • Production Year

    2022

  • Genre(s)

    Documentary

  • Cast

    Chico Alencar, Guilherme Amado, Stephen Bannon, Flávio Bolsonaro, Jair Bolsonaro, Michelle Bolsonaro, Gerald Brant, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Sam Cowie, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Trent Watts

sexual violence references, discrimination
Classified Date:
28/04/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
discrimination
A man expresses misogynistic and homophobic views, and a crowd of political supporters verbally threaten the LGBTQ+ community during a chant at a rally. Discriminatory language occurs (‘faggot’), however, its use is clearly condemned. A man makes an offensive comment and gesture to a person of East Asian descent which alludes to the size of his penis. The work as a whole does not condone discrimination.
sexual violence and sexual threat
Verbal references to sexual violence occur within a documentary context. A clip shows a man calling a female politician a "whore" and tells her that she “does not deserve to be raped”. This is accompanied by a threat of physical violence and is negatively presented. Sexual violence is clearly condemned by the work as a whole.
additional issues
Infrequent strong language occurs ('f**k'), as well as moderate bad language ('whore'), and very mild bad language ('hell'). A person appears to be stabbed, however, this lacks any visual detail. Historical archive footage shows an officer repeatedly hitting a man during a period of military dictatorship. There is an undetailed reference to an extra-marital affair. Clips taken from news reports show disturbing footage of wildfires.
discrimination, moderate sex references, real violence, strong language
Classified Date:
28/04/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
An unseen assailant stabs a politician in his abdomen during an assassination attempt. There is sight of stitches across the man's abdomen following surgery. Real footage shows protesters fleeing as tear gas canisters are thrown at them.
language
Infrequent strong language occurs ('f**k'), as well as moderate bad language ('whore'), a middle finger gesture, and milder terms such as ‘bastard’, ‘God’ and 'damn'.
sex
There are images of phalluses, as well as implicit references to fellatio.
discrimination
A man expresses homophobic views and verbal references are made to a person being murdered because of their race, gender and sexuality. A baby bottle is shown with a penis-shaped teat attached to it as part of a targeted homophobic online smear campaign against an opposition leader. The work as a whole does not condone discrimination.
homophobia, infrequent strong language, moderate violence, sex references
Classified Date:
28/04/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
There is brief CCTV footage of gun threat as references are made to violence in Brazil. Real footage also includes military personnel using tear gas against protestors. A soldier is briefly shown about to hit a man with a baton.
language
The episode features infrequent strong language ('f**k').
sex
A politician jokes to a crowd that he never loses his 'erection'.
discrimination
A man says that 'making fun of' gay people is OK and uses the word 'fags'; however his homophobic behaviour is not endorsed by the documentary. There are also undetailed references to trans people being killed and gay people taking their own lives. A woman is subjected to fat shaming and bullying in a targeted online smear campaign.
additional issues
There are disturbing images of climate change, including footage of fires.
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  • Classified date

    28/04/2023

  • Distributor

    BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

  • Language

    English