Boy 23: The Forgotten Boys of Brazil

A sober, methodical investigation that uncovers buried cruelty, leaving a heavy sense of injustice and quiet outrage.

Directed by

Belisario Franca

Genres

Documentary

Overview

The film accompanies the investigation of the historian Sidney Aguilar after the discovery of bricks marked with Nazi swastikas in the interior of São Paulo. They then discover a horrifying fact that during the 1930s, fifty black and mullato boys were taken from an orphanage in Rio de Janeiro to the farm where the bricks were found. There they were identified by numbers and were submitted to slave labour by a family that was part of the political and economic elite of the country and who did not hide their Nazi sympathizing ideals.

How it feels

Dark, earnest and tense. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Race, class, power, corruption

Content

Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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