Indigenous Peoples and the Military Dictatorship
Brazil / 2022 / 78 minutes / documentary

Synopsis: The National Truth Commission on Indigenous Peoples investigated, for the first time, the violence committed against Indigenous peoples during Brazil’s military dictatorship, revealing a reality largely unknown to Brazilian society: Indigenous peoples were the most affected group under the military regime. Massacres, enslavement, clandestine imprisonment, and torture are among the documented abuses. These revelations raise fundamental questions about how the Brazilian democratic state can uphold the principles of Truth, Memory, Justice, and Reparation for Indigenous peoples.



Images from the Figueiredo Report, a document that remained missing for 45 years and exposes atrocities committed against Indigenous populations during the early years of the dictatorship.
Research, Script, Direction, and Editing:
Laura Faerman and Marina Weis
Produced by: VU, Algazarra
Documentary produced through the Sala de Notícias grant by TV Futura
Broadcast on the Sala de Notícias program by TV Futura