I Owe You a Letter About Brazil

Carol Benjamin
2019-11-24


8
90 min

César Benjamin was arrested in August 1971 during student protests against the Brazilian military dictatorship. Although he was a juvenile, he was tried as an adult and sentenced to 13 years in prison. Thanks to the ardent campaigning of his mother Iramaya, working closely together with the Swedish branch of Amnesty International, he was released five years later.

Cast

Name Character Team
Carol Benjamin herself Unowned
César Benjamin himself Unowned
Iramaya Benjamin herself Unowned
Dilma Rousseff archive footage Unowned
João Figueiredo archive footage Unowned