Reading the World

Name: Reading the World
Genre: Biography, Education, Historical, Human Rights
Released: 01-01-2025
Duration: 1 h 10 min
Cast: Paulo Freire

Lendo o Mundo

Directed by Catherine Murphy, Iris de Oliveira

Cast: Paulo Freire

Human Rights Spotlight, International Spotlight, Leon & Mary Strauss Documentary Spotlight, Spotlight on Inspiration Documentary Competition, Women In Film Spotlight
Brazil, United States
Biography, Education, Historical, Human Rights
Portuguese
2025
70 mins

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’etat.

Dates & Times

Julia Davis Library

November 8, 2026
1:00 pm