{"id":19953,"date":"2020-02-05T13:18:30","date_gmt":"2020-02-05T13:18:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conectas.org\/?post_type=noticia&#038;p=19953"},"modified":"2021-04-05T12:21:21","modified_gmt":"2021-04-05T12:21:21","slug":"civil-society-condemns-attack-on-filmmaker-by-official-government-body","status":"publish","type":"noticia","link":"https:\/\/conectas.org\/en\/noticias\/civil-society-condemns-attack-on-filmmaker-by-official-government-body\/","title":"Civil Society condemns attack on filmmaker by official government body","content":"<div class=\"tts_content_wrapper_1\" ><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dozens of civil society organizations that form the group <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pacto pela Democracia <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Pact for Democracy), including Conectas, have published a joint letter condemning the attack by the Presidential Communication Secretariat last Monday, February 3, on the filmmaker Petra Costa.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Secretariat, using its Twitter account, accused Costa of being an \u201canti-Brazil activist\u201d after the filmmaker criticized the federal government in an interview given on the U.S. television channel PBS.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the organizations, the use of official governmental channels to stigmatize the director infringes on the principle of government impartiality provided for in article 37 of the Brazilian Constitution. The same article of the Constitution states that it is inadmissible for public officials to discriminate against or target specific people.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Costa rose to fame after her film \u201cThe Edge of Democracy\u201d was nominated for the 2020 Oscars in the best documentary category. The feature-length documentary, produced by Netflix, takes the viewer behind the scenes of the process to impeach former president Dilma Rousseff.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pactopelademocracia.org.br\/blog\/ao-atacar-cineasta-com-orgao-oficial-governo-desrespeita-constituicao\"><b>\u00a0Read the letter in full here.<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"tts__custom-position_bottom_fixed\" ><\/div>","excerpt":"<p>On Twitter, Presidential Communication Secretariat calls Petra Costa an \u201canti-Brazil 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