Stunning espionage documentary on the US conspiracy that led to the 1964 Brazilian coup d'état. John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson original White House tapes, and CIA Top Secret documents reveal how the US government planned to overthrow Brazilian elected president João Goulart.
Editing
JFK's casual voice ordering regime change like takeout.
Production
Actual CIA documents you weren't supposed to see.
Direction
Turns bureaucratic evil into slow-burn horror.
Director
Camilo Tavares
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Camilo Tavares spent years in US archives because Brazil's own military 'lost' most documents from the dictatorship period.
The '21 years' title refers to Brazil's military dictatorship (1964-1985), but also how that single day of US planning haunted generations — the film premiered as Brazil debated releasing its own secret files.
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