Reading the World + Q&A

1h 11m2025

About this film

In 1963, global icon Paulo Freire led an experimental project teaching hundreds of rural farmers to read, write and vote in Brazil, until he was arrested and forced into exile during a U.S.backed coup d'etat.

  • Paulo FreireSelf
  • Luzia de Andrade
  • Marcos Guerra
  • Madalena Freire
  • Maria Miranda
  • Anita Maria Sousa
Director
Catherine Murphy, Iris de Oliveira
Writer
Iris de Oliveira, Renato Maia, Mara Wollong, Luis Dechtiar
Genre
Documentary

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