BRAZIL, THE MEDIA NINJAS

The world in all its states

An episode from the series ARTE INVESTIGATION

Synopsis

In 2013, mass protests swept across Brazil. While the major television networks reported their own version of events, a handful of activists, armed with smartphones, began broadcasting a different narrative, live and unfiltered.

Their footage exposed police violence cleared wrongly accused protesters and challenged the country's media establishment.

This film tells the story of a movement that turned every cell phone into a tool of resistance.