Oscar-Nominated Petra Costa, Director of Venice’s ‘Apocalypse in the Tropics,’ on How Brazil Serves as a ‘Parable’ for the U.S.

Four years after being Oscar-nominated for “The Edge of Democracy,” director Petra Costa is back prodding at the current state of Brazilian politics with the documentary “Apocalypse in the Tropics,” which world premieres in the Out of Competition section at the Venice Film Festival. The film, originally teased as a snapshot of former president Jair […]