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The day that lasted 21 years.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Portuguese
- Subjects (All):
- History, Modern.
- Political science.
- Genre:
- Online media.
- Documentary films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 video file (78 minutes)) : sound, color with black and white sequences.
- Other Title:
- O dia que durou 21 anos
- O dia que durou vinte e um anos
- The day that lasted twenty one years
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Pragda Films, 2012.
- Language Note:
- In English, Portuguese.
- Summary:
- Forty-five years after the 1964 Brazilian coup d'état, top Secret CIA and White House telegrams reveal how U.S. Ambassador Lincoln Gordon propped up the longest military dictatorships of South America, with the support of Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson.. Winner of Best Documentary from the São Paulo Association of Art Critics Awards. Winner of Best Foreign Documentary at the St. Tropez International Film Festival.. "Excellent archive documentary examines local factors, and U.S. complicity, that turned Brazil into a military dictatorship ... Gripping documentary."--Stephen Dalton, The Hollywood Reporter. "U.S. meddling in South American politics is starkly uncovered in THE DAY THAT LASTED 21 YEARS ... An eye-opening documentary whose merits deserve fest and ancillary support." - Jay Weissberg, Variety.
- Participant:
- Auro de Moura Andrade, Robert Bentley, Júlio de Sá Bierrenbach.
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from title screen (viewed on Sep. 8, 2022).
- Originally produced by Pragda in 2012.
- OCLC:
- 1035093294
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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