Winner Of The 2024 David Carr Award For Truth in Filmmaking

When does a democracy end, and a theocracy begin? In APOCALYPSE IN THE TROPICS, Petra Costa investigates the increasingly powerful grip that faith leaders hold over politics in Brazil. Costa gains extraordinary access to the country’s top political leaders, as well as to Brazil’s most famous televangelist: a larger-than-life pastor who seems to play puppet master to the latter. Weaving past and present, she immerses us in the contradictory realities of a young democracy that is hanging on by a thread, holding up a mirror to the rest of the world.
In English and Portuguese with English Subtitles

About The David Carr Award for Truth in Filmmaking
Each year, the Montclair Film Festival honors the legacy of New York Times reporter and longtime Montclair resident David Carr by presenting an award to an outstanding film that honors Mr. Carr’s passion for the truth and his commitment to great journalism. This year, the 2024 David Carr Award for Truth in Filmmaking is awarded to APOCALYPSE IN THE TROPICS directed by Petra Costa. The festival gives this award to acknowledge the film’s deep access and challenging questioning of its subjects, a demonstration of Petra Costa’s rigorous commitment to truth telling in the name of democratic values.