Apocalypse in the Tropics

...uncovering egomaniacal powerbrokers preaching from the pulpit, manipulating their listeners to support one candidate over another.

...a grim but vital recounting of how fire-and-brimstone evangelism paved the way for a minority-rule theocracy in Brazil through the rise of right-wing Trumpian presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro.

Viewers would do well to heed the warnings of history, lest they allow others to make the same mistakes again and again.

...uses gloriously cinematic language to dissect powerfully dramatic events.

Democracy has never looked so vulnerable.

...bärs av en nyfiken fasa, där också humor får plats.