Made for Netflix, airing on instant streaming May 31st in the US.
Season 1. Episode 1.
The story: 2000.
Manaus , Brazil.
Violence and drug trafficking are amok.
Danger is around every corner for the people living in Manaus.
Wallace Souza - ex-policeman turned reporter decided that he wanted to help the people of his community by putting an end to all the drugs and violence.
Having a personal problem with everything going on around him, he began following police to the scenes of these horrific crimes and reporting them on the television program he made famous , 'Canal Livre'.
The show reported and denounced the crime which was going on.
The crackdowns on these criminals could be seen through recorded footage, usually, first hand by the reporter teams of 'Canal Livre' and this made Wallace the people's hero.
By 2009, just when Wallace was about to be inducted as State Governor or Secretary of Security, controversy struck.
An ex-military police officer was arrested on weapon and drug charges.
When the man pleaded to not be put in prison his only option was to talk...and talk he did.
He claimed that Wallace was his boss, who was putting him, along with others up to crimes around Manaus for the sake of TV ratings.
Loved by many for his undying efforts to save his community Wallace was also despised for his ill opinions of the state and this made him suspect to what the jailed man accused him of.
Stars Josenilson Guerreiro , Vanessa Lima , Paula Litaiff , Nilson Belen , Webster Sena , Victor Hugo De Paula , Willace Souza , Marilucia Souza , Jota Augusto Machado , Paulo Sergio De Oliveira , Thomas Vasconcelos , Divanilson Cavalcanti
Directed by Marcelo Galvao
Not Rated
Brazilian Portuguese with English subtitles
DOCUMENTARY/HISTORY/BIOGRAPHY/SERIES
"He tried to pretend the whole world wasn't falling down."
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