With Apocalypse, the filmmaker illustrates the link between the far right and the Christian fundamentalist movement in Brazil ...

Petra Costa's sobering documentary examines the rise of right-wing evangelical Christianity in Brazilian politics ...

Costa not only dug into the behavior and power of the religious right in Brazil but lost sleep poring over apocalyptic texts ...

Netflix released the documentary ‘Apocalypse in the Tropics,’ which seeks to understand how the far right mobilizes faith for ...

In the opening shot of Apocalypse in the Tropics, the camera pans across a cracked canvas on which a group of nude figures, all with blurred expressions, seek shelter inside the protective cocoon of a ...

The earliest footage for Apocalypse in the Tropics was captured inside the Chamber of Deputies in Brasília. A member of Brazil’s Congress, Cabo Daciolo, approached the filmmaker, handed her a Bible, ...

The director Petra Costa examines a rightward shift in her country by zeroing in on the rise of a televangelist.

Brazilian filmmaker Petra Costa’s latest documentary, Apocalypse in the Tropics, explores the impact of evangelical ...

"Apocalypse in the Tropics": Documentary. Directed by Petra Costa. (PG-13. 110 minutes.) Opens Friday, July 11, at Landmark's ...

Much of Apocalypse in the Tropics (which opens theatrically today and will premiere on Netflix Monday, July 14) follows Silas ...

We speak with Petra Costa about her new Netflix documentary, ‘Apocalypse in the Tropics’, a look at the rising ...

A sobering look at the way the political landscape has shifted in Brazil.