Biography
Dilma Vana Rousseff is a Brazilian economist and politician who served as the 36th president of Brazil, holding the position from 2011 until her impeachment and removal from office on 31 August 2016.
Known For
Complete Filmography
Marias
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Marias is a road movie that travels through Brazil and Russia in search of a woman that took part in great moments of the last century and had been ma...
Hamlet
2022
The Coup d'État Factory
2022
as Dilma Rousseff
Brazil has a long tradition of coup d'états. These coups would have not been viable without the support of the big media, particularly TV Globo. Two B...
Brasil, Ame-o ou Chore
2022
8 Presidentes 1 Juramento: A História de um Tempo Presente
2021
The movie is a collage and comentary of varied third party footage on news relating to each and every one of the eight Presidents of Brazil who took o...
Citizen Lula
2021
as Self
The filmmaker has shot for 16 years Lula da Silva's trajectory on politics which took him to the Presidency of Brazil. Through unique indie filmmaking...
Alvorada
2021
as Self
The film narrates, from an intimate point of view, the daily life of President Dilma Rousseff in her official residence, the Palácio do Alvorada, whil...
I Owe You a Letter About Brazil
2019
as archive footage
César Benjamin was arrested in August 1971 during student protests against the Brazilian military dictatorship. Although he was a juvenile, he was tri...
Latinoamérica, territorio en disputa
2019
as Self - President of Brazil (2011–2016)
Documantary film on the dispute for the hegemony of the Latin American continent between conservative forces and popular movements.
Your Turn
2019
as Himself (archive footage)
When numerous schools in São Paulo were slated to be closed in 2015 as a result of the worsening socio-political crisis, students occupied more than a...
Não Nasci para Deixar meus Olhos Perderem Tempo
2019
as Self (archive footage)
The fading of composer Zé Keti’s career. The sad portrait of Brazilian Congress closed in 1977. The pain of a mother who lost her 15-year old daughter...
El Odio
2019
"El odio" describes the discrediting campaign against Lula da Silva and the Workers' Party in Brazil, demonstrating how this process led Jair Bolsonar...
Amérique latine, l'année de tous les dangers
2019
as Self
The Edge of Democracy
2019
as Self
A cautionary tale for these times of democracy in crisis—the personal and political fuse to explore one of the most dramatic periods in Brazilian hist...
Codinome Breno
2018
Memory has drawers that hide our past, but fear and longing prevent us from accessing them.
Lower House
2018
as Herself
During 2016, a film crew embeds inside the Brazilian Congress while lawmakers plot to overthrow the country's elected president, Dilma Rousseff.
The Panama Papers
2018
as Self (archive footage)
A documentary feature film about the biggest global corruption scandal in history, and the hundreds of journalists who risked their lives to break the...
Encantado, le Brésil désenchanté
2018
Considered for a few years the “country of the future”, Brazil has seen since 2013 a deep disenchantment between the middle and popular classes that c...
Torre das Donzelas
2018
as Self
Documents former Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's visit to the the women's alley of Tiradentes Jail in the city of São Paulo, also known as "Torre...
The Trial
2018
as Self
The impeachment and removal from office of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff in 2016 was triggered by a corruption scandal involving, among others, h...
Brazil: The Great Jump Backward
2016
as Herself
Brazil enters a great political turmoil after president Dilma Rousseff has been ousted through an impeachment process.
The Team
2014
as Self
Documentary about the victorious German national football team - called "Die Mannschaft" - and their journey to the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.
As Crônicas do Xaropinho
2010
What Happened to Brazil
N/A
as Herself