March 6, 2014
All Day
TBA
In this paper, I study two important documentaries, Maria Augusta Ramos’ Justiça and Juízo, which show the problems of a judicial system that is inadequate to deal with the problem of social and economical, as well as racial, inequalities in Brazil society. Through the documentaries, I examine how this system helps to perpetuate disparities and criminalize the marginalized. My goal with the paper is to place the abovementioned issues at the core of the human rights’ agenda in Brazil.
