Brizolão
Synopsis
In Maré, in the northern zone of Rio de Janeiro, students and teachers address public education challenges in Brazil in the New Republic, based on the experience of the CIEPs, a project by Brizola and Darcy Ribeiro, exposed to their virtues and weaknesses.
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