The Coup d’Etat Factory

(A fantástica fábrica de golpes)

Victor Fraga, Valnei Nunes / Brazil / 2020 / 106 min
The Coup d'État Factory The Coup d’État Factory
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Synopsis

Portuguese with English subtitles

With Chico Buarque, Glenn Greenwald, Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Dilma Rousseff

The Coup d’État Factory is a powerful documentary that uncovers Brazil’s long history of coup d’états, which wouldn’t be possible without the active support of the country’s major media outlets, particularly TV Globo. Directed by two London-based Brazilian journalists, the film explores the tactics these organizations used to shape public opinion, legitimize authoritarianism, and undermine democracy.

Through exclusive footage and interviews with key figures such as former President Dilma Rousseff, Pulitzer Prize winner Glenn Greenwald, and Nobel laureate Adolfo Perez Esquivel, the film captures the collapse of Brazilian democracy following the 2016 parliamentary coup and Lula’s subsequent imprisonment.

By using Brazil as a case study, the documentary emphasizes the urgent need for media regulation worldwide, demonstrating the vital role of balanced journalism in preserving democracy.

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About the Director
Victor Fraga and Valnei Nunes are British-Brazilian directors known for their films The Coup d’État Factory (A Fantástica Fábrica de Golpes, 2021) and The Bad Patriots (2024).
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Victor Fraga is a Brazilian-born and London-based journalist and filmmaker with over 20 years of involvement in the cinema industry and beyond. He is an LGBT writer and describes himself as a dirty Latin immigrant.

He has vast experience as a film journalist. He was previously the editor of the now-defunct UK independent magazine The Film Festival Magazine (2006 and 2007) and JungleDrums (2007 and 2008). He has written about film for large national newspapers on both sides of the Atlantic, including The Guardian (UK), A Tarde, and O Povo (Brazil). In 2006, he managed the 1st Brazilian Film Festival in the UK, which celebrated 10 years of the renaissance of Brazilian cinema. He has also organised a cineclub and screenings for diverse movies since.
Fraga’s filmography as a director includes The Coup d’État Factory (2021), The Flour Test (2022), and The Bad Patriots (2024). He wrote and produced The Visitor (2024).
Press

“As Brazil turns a tragic page of its history (with Lula's inauguration on January 1st, and Bolsonaro relegated to the bin of history), watch the film that sheds light on what actually happened.” – John Bleasdale, DMovies

“Taking the form of an incisive exposé on journalistic malpractices, misconstructions and outright lies propagated to sabotage freedom of thought, the film deconstructs, with didactic precision, the web of fake news that has plagued Brazilian media for decades. ” – Livan Garcia-Duquesne, Brasil Wire

“The Coup d’État Factory succeeds impeccably in providing viewers with a succinct and clear-sighted account of events – a difficult task indeed, for Fraga and Nunes have to work against the parasitic presence of Globo, which they vigorously denounce as being a factory for the distortion of ‘truth.’ The Coup d’État Factory is therefore an antagonistic work against the media conglomerates which control and manipulate the ways in which the world can relate to itself.” – Livan Garcia-Duquesne, Brasil Wire

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