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Reading The World

Directed by Catherine Murphy, Iris de Oliveira

Told through the collective memories of students that participated in the “Culture Circles,” learning to read and write, the film contains rare archival footage of mid-twentieth century Brazil. After a shocking coup de’ tat, Freire was forced into exile for 16 years, spreading his pedagogy of democracy and education around the globe.

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