When I saw “Boy 23: The Forgotten Boys of Brazil” four months ago, tears rolled down my cheeks. There is a moment in the film when an 86-year old black man recounts how shortly before World War II he ran… Continue Reading →...
- 3/6/2017
- by Kiratiana Freelon
- ShadowAndAct
Yet another dark chapter of Nazism surfaces in Belisario Franca’s documentary about a little known incident from Brazil’s past. Chronicling the story of the forced slavery of 50 orphans by a prominent family of Nazi sympathizers, Boy 23 — the Forgotten Boys of Brazil makes for fascinating, if disturbing, viewing.
Based on research conducted by a Brazilian historian, the film relates how the tale finally came to light when bricks emblazoned with swastikas were found in rural Sao Paulo. It turned out they came from a ranch owned by a well-connected, elite family who, like many upscale Brazilians in...
Based on research conducted by a Brazilian historian, the film relates how the tale finally came to light when bricks emblazoned with swastikas were found in rural Sao Paulo. It turned out they came from a ranch owned by a well-connected, elite family who, like many upscale Brazilians in...
- 12/27/2016
- by Frank Scheck
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A Story From The Past Shedding Light On The PresentScreening is 11/19 at 7:00pm, Q+A and reception to follow. Downtown Independent — 251 S Main Street — Los Angeles
As fascism surged globally in the 1930s, a group of Nazi worshipping members of the Brazilian elite took 50 black boys from an orphanage in Rio de Janeiro and brought them to a ranch in rural Sao Paolo where they were used as slaves and were subjected to a program of eugenics-based brutality.
Lies Never Stay Hidden For Long
In 1998, the historian Sydney Aguilar Filho was teaching a class on World War II and Nazism in a high school in the countryside of São Paulo.
When he showed the class the Nazi swastika, a student mentioned that on the farm where she lived, a few miles away, there were bricks engraved with that same symbol. “Boy 23” follows Aguilar’s groundbreaking research into the...
As fascism surged globally in the 1930s, a group of Nazi worshipping members of the Brazilian elite took 50 black boys from an orphanage in Rio de Janeiro and brought them to a ranch in rural Sao Paolo where they were used as slaves and were subjected to a program of eugenics-based brutality.
Lies Never Stay Hidden For Long
In 1998, the historian Sydney Aguilar Filho was teaching a class on World War II and Nazism in a high school in the countryside of São Paulo.
When he showed the class the Nazi swastika, a student mentioned that on the farm where she lived, a few miles away, there were bricks engraved with that same symbol. “Boy 23” follows Aguilar’s groundbreaking research into the...
- 11/19/2016
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
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