Ensaios sobre a luta de classes brasileira: Era uma vez Brasília (2017) e Democracia em vertigem (2019) no olho do furacão

Abstract

Era uma vez Brasília (2017), by Adirley Queirós, and Democracia em vertigo (2019), by Petra Costa, are two contemporary documentary films that deal, each in its own way, with of the main political events in the Brazilian scenario, since the beginning of President Dilma Rousseff's second term, through an essayistic bias. Therefore, this article presents and discusses the essayistic vocation of both documentaries, with regard to the critique of the Brazilian political conjuncture.