Barra 68 - Sem Perder a Ternura (2001) User Reviews

Memories from a hard past.

[velame · 14 January 2003]

The idea of this documentary is to give details about what happened in University of Brasilia on 1968. Specifically about the revolt. The movie keeps making circles around the same thing, using interviews with students, professors, politicians and the former dean. The idea is that the audience will make his own opinion about what happened. Wladmir Carvalho is supposed to be only a facilitator. At the end, you can fell that he has his own point of view.

Interesting for people with some information about Brazilian military dictatorship, obligatory for Brazilian social sciences students. A unique document explaining a fact of this period in a micro perspective. The higher moments are the parts of Darcy Ribeiro interview.

Brilliant! A great story of a man, of brave people, of a leader

[ronai · 10/10 · 19 July 2001]

When Brasilia replaced Rio de Janeiro as Brazilian capital, some people didn't want universities in the just built city. Darcy Ribeiro, however, didn't think so, and fought not only to build the University of Brasilia, but to make it an example of high-level educacion. Unfortunately, few years after the University was built, the dictatorship of the militaries began in Brazil, and liberty and freedom were taken off Brazilian citizens. The students of the new university were probably the ones who suffered the most. Police invaded the university several times and hurt students, even "innocent" ones (if we can blame someone on fighting for his/her rights and freedom). Students, under leadership of Honestino Guimaraes, resisted for a long time. Well, the whole story is told on the movie. A great story of a man, who had a dream, a great dream, about a democratic country where people were free. A story of brave people, who didn't accept losing their freedom and fought to recover it, and, most of all, to turn back freedom to the country. The story of a leader, who led this people to the fight, and misteriously disappeared. To know more about, watch the movie. You will like it!