Professional and personal strategies of documentary filmmakers in Brazil: the case of the State of Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gerais.


 Between 2012 and 2019, this qualitative sociological research was part of a documentary "boom" moment in Brazil, terms production international recognition. Faced with bottleneck their distribution, growing number festivals have opened up for documentaries, not counting the historical festival "É tudo Verdade" (São Paulo). This period also corresponds to time when attempts at policies favor films were made by Federation Ministry Culture (MinC) – public channel TV Brasil, Cultura, Doc.TV... These various advances allowed expression "black" cinema (Joel Zito Araujo), LGBT concerns (Karla Holanda), women’s rights (Helena Solberg Susanna Lira) possibility indigenous people seize digital tools reflect own realities (Vincent Carelli, Video nas aldeias). Thus, while Brazilian authorities carrying out unfinished facing weight private oligopolistic sector, it interesting analyze how filmmakers developed professional strategies. From perspective, fourteen directors subject semi-structured interviews state Rio de Janeiro three Minas Gerais. In addition, producers managers contacted. But arrival Bolsonaro government caused real rift. Against backdrop cultural war, fake news aimed discrediting artistic circles, takeover National Cinema Agency (ANCINE) abandonment São Paulo film library, cuts from major corporate sponsors, beyond, found themselves strangers country.