Reading the World
Reading the World
Special | 56m 42sVideo has Closed Captions
Farmers in Brazil learn to read, write and vote until a U.S.-backed coup d’état.
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’état.
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Reading the World is presented by your local public television station.
This program is made possible by Quitiplás Foundation, Orchard House Foundation, Buenas Obras Foundation, and Kit Miller.
Reading the World
Reading the World
Special | 56m 42sVideo has Closed Captions
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’état.
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[birds chirping] [enthusiastic, indistinct conversations in a crowd] [voices fade] [solemn music plays] [crowd yelling, chanting] [cheers rise] MARCOS GUERRA: [solemn music continues] Mr.
President, we look to the future with hope.
And our hope comes, in part, because of the leadership that you are giving your own great country.
[solemn music continues] REPORTER: [solemn music continues] PAULO FREIRE: [solemn music continues] MARCOS GUERRA: PAULO FREIRE: MARCOS GUERRA: [music fades] [upbeat, cheerful music] [upbeat music continues] [upbeat music continues] [music fades] [nearby birds chirp] [tender music] ANITA MARIA DE SOUZA: [tender music continues, rises with emotion] MARIA MIRANDA GOMES: [music soars] [birds singing] [music slows and softens] [music rises, then fades] REPORTER: [tender music returns] FARMER: ARCHIVAL NARRATOR: [music grows pensive] [music fades] LUZIA DE ANDRADE: ANITA MARIA DE SOUZA: MARCOS GUERRA: MARCOS GUERRA: [spirited music] MADALENA FREIRE: [spirited music continues] [music fades to soft footsteps] PAULO ALVES: [gentle music] FRANCISCA DE BRITO: [music fades] [birds chirping] [tender music returns] VALQUÍRIA FÉLIX: ENEIDE MARIA ARAÚJO: MARCOS GUERRA: [tranquil music] [crickets chirping] [tranquil music continues] PAULO FREIRE: [music fades] [energetic music] [music fades] MARCOS GUERRA: [birds chirping] SEU MANOEL BEZERRA: [water splashes] [goat's bells rattle] [nearby indistinct voice] MARIA GILDENORA: [distant birds singing] [lively music] LUZIA DE ANDRADE: VALQUÍRIA FÉLIX: MARCOS GUERRA: [lively music continues] VALQUÍRIA FÉLIX: [lively music continues] [train barrels down the tracks] ARCHIVAL NARRATOR: [bright, cheery music] ENEIDE MARIA ARAÚJO: [film reels whir] MARIA MIRANDA GOMES: [slide projector clicks] PAULO ALVES: [film reels whir] VALQUÍRIA FÉLIX: MARCOS GUERRA: MAN: [in old video] FRANCISCA DE BRITO: [pensive music] [pensive music continues] SEU MANOEL BEZERRA: ARCHIVAL NARRATOR: [lively music in the old video] [pensive music] VALQUÍRIA FÉLIX: MARCOS GUERRA: [music fades] ENEIDE MARIA ARAÚJO: [slide projector clicks] [stirring music] [demonstrators chant and cheer] [workers cheer and chant] FRANCISCO JULIÃO: [conversation continues] VALQUÍRIA FÉLIX: [speaker name here] [tender music] MAN: [in old video] The Ligas Camponesas, The Peasants League.
We will help you.
Can you get three witnesses who saw the master burn down your house?
Do you understand?
The Peasants' League will provide the lawyer.
Is someone ill?
They'll send a doctor.
Homeless?
There's a cot in the Peasants' League's offices.
Simple actions which show an interest in the fate of the 20 million.
FRANCISCO JULIÃO: [applause and chanting] MARCOS GUERRA: [tender music continues] [overlapping, indistinct children's voices] [math lesson continues] [serene music] [serene music continues] VALQUÍRIA FÉLIX: [serene music continues] [speaker name here] [music fades] [birds chirp] MARCOS GUERRA: PAULO FREIRE: [suspenseful music] MARCOS GUERRA: [ballad on guitar] [ballad continues] [music fades to demonstrators shouting] [crowds cheer and yell] [cheers grow louder] [cheers erupt] [cheers fade to uplifting music] MARCOS GUERRA: [uplifting music continues] VALQUÍRIA FÉLIX: JOÃO GOULART: [massive cheers] [slow Samba rhythm] [car horn honks] [distant dogs bark] [truck engine rumbles] [helicopter blades chop the air] [chopper fades] [many indistinct conversations] [somber music] [radio switches on, static crackles] REPORTER: [music grows tense] [glass breaks, people yell] [sounds of struggle, distant and muffled] [crowds yelling] [yelling and screaming] [helicopters near] [crowd commotion continues] [gun blasts] [engines roar] NEWSREEL REPORTER: A deposed president fled to neighboring Uruguay, and it appears that new rebel government will find quick recognition abroad.
[triumphant music] [truck rumbles] MARCOS GUERRA: [solemn music] [distant crowds protest] [solemn music continues] MARCOS GUERRA: VALQUÍRIA FÉLIX: [solemn music continues] [music fades] MADALENA FREIRE: [Brazilian folk-rock] [folk-rock continues] [folk-rock continues] [speaker name here] [spoken word piece and music fade] MARCOS GUERRA: [placid music] [birds sing] PAULO ALVES: [placid music continues] JOÃO VICTOR SILVA: [delighted laughs] JOÃO VICTOR SILVA: [class reads aloud in unison] PAULO FREIRE: [tender music] [tender music continues] MARCOS GUERRA: [music fades] [sniffles] [birds sing] LUZIA DE ANDRADE: An A. A B. A C. A D, an E. F.
[marker squeaks] [upbeat music on a nearby radio] ENEIDE MARIA ARAÚJO: [chuckles] PAULO FREIRE: [gentle music] [gentle music continues] [gentle music continues] [music fills with emotion] [music continues, energy rises] [music fades] [ice cream vendor's bell rings] [ice cream vendor's bell continues ringing] ♪♪ ♪♪
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Reading the World is presented by your local public television station.
This program is made possible by Quitiplás Foundation, Orchard House Foundation, Buenas Obras Foundation, and Kit Miller.