Made for Netflix , airing on instant streaming May 31st in the US.
Season 1. Episode 5.
The story : May 2009.
The State Assembly decides they must take a vote on whether or not to impeach Representative Wallace because of the Task Force's 500-page assessment of wrongdoings.
Accused of a criminal organization , drug trafficking, and witness intimidation means Wallace has not kept to the ethics of his stature.
Also being accused of having an involvement with people with criminal backgrounds, which includes a disgraced Head of Intelligence Military policer.
Wallace attorney denies the claims, stating that it is not a crime for the two to have been friends and help each other fight crime.
Another part of Moa's statement claims Wallace and the Head of Intelligence plotted to kill or have killed Federal Judge Fraxe, which the judge believes.
A known hit man was asked to carry out the crime but refused and was later murdered, which Moa confirmed.
So much pressure from the media forced Assembly of Legislators to do their own investigation of Wallace's ethics.
The police reported to the media a number of deaths.
The media asked for proof but there was not any.
All the while Wallace's health was declining due to stress.
In July 2009 Wallace was in the hospital. The Legislators wanted a statement from him so he came to the court on a stretcher and gave one, causing quite a spectacle.
But his story never faltered from his earlier testimony, it was political prosecution.
Both the Task Force and Wallace needed the press and while in a Sao Paulo hospital a popular Brazilian new show called 'Fantastico' aired the Task Forces story against Wallace.
August 2009 , Wallace makes his second statement to the Assembly.
He is confident that the truth will save him.
Soon the International press was running with 'Fantastico''s lead and Brazil was divided.
After the State Reps were harrassed for the impeachment of Wallace they were forced to vote.
The vote made Wallace a common citizen once again and took him out of the office for the next 8 years.
That is when a warrant for his arrest was issued.
But Wallace, could not be found...
Stars Willace Souza , Divinilson Cavalcanti , Luiz Castro , Vincente Lopes , Antonio Zacarias , Fabio Monteiro , Thomas Vasconcelos , Carlos Henrique Costa , Edmilson Barreiros , Paula Litaiff , Andre Alves , Liberman Moreno , Marlucia Souza
Directed by Marcelo Galvao
Not Rated
Brazilian Portuguese with English subtitles
DOCUMENTARY/HISTORY/BIOGRAPHY/SERIES
Made for Netflix , airing on instant streaming May 31st in the US.
Season 1. Episode 4.
The story: After the July 2008 murder of known drug dealer Bebetinho , the Task Force work hard to gather a case against Wallace.
By April of 2009, Raphael has been arrested on drug trafficking and illegal ammunition charges.
The Task Force found a list inside the Souza home of deceased drug dealers along with another made up of many illegal weapons which Moa had already confirmed.
Raphael claims the ammo and spent shell casings are from sport.
The lists, on the other hand, tell a different story.
Wallace's hands are tied when it comes to going public to defend himself along with his son so he goes before his fellow representatives and makes many speeches in their defense instead.
Meanwhile, Wallace's 'Canal Rivre' security guards are arrested on drug trafficking, ammunition, and weapons charges.
Jail isn't a safe place for any affiliated with Wallace to be , seeing how he was responsible for many prior arrests.
The Task Force recruits a new investigative detective who figures out how Raphael knew Bebetinho and what happened to him.
The money found inside the safe at Wallace's home he claims he saved due to not having any health insurance and an undying illness that he may need help coping with.
But the money is checked and found to be illegal.
He also claims that the list of drug dealers was given to him to report on 'Canal Livre'.
Wallace is no longer on air with 'Canal Livre' , making it that much more difficult to get any word out to the public.
Confident he will not be impeached and has immunity due to his representative status, Wallace concentrates on clearing his family name and believes he is being politically prosecuted which is the only way to take him down.
Frankezinho of the 40th, a cruel drug dealer who is said to be responsible for a key witnesses death is found and arrested.
At first, he claims he has nothing to do with Wallace or Raphael, that he only knows them from seeing them on 'Canal Livre'.
Later on though he makes the statement that Wallace made him pay to keep his capture off of 'Canal Livre'.
Later still he states that his confession was coerced due to being tortured by Secretary of Intelligence, Thomas Vasconcelos.
But there is even later proof that is not the truth.
Stars Willace Souza , Divanilson Cavalcanti , Thomas Vasconcelos , Marlucia Souza , Mario "Pequeno" Da Silva , Carlos Henrique Costa , Paula Litaiff , Luiz Castro , Raphael Souza , "Daniela"
Directed by Marcelo Galvao
Not Rated
Brazilian Portuguese with English subtitles
DOCUMENTARY/HISTORY/BIOGRAPHY/SERIES
Released December 15th in the US.
Filmed entirely in Virginia.
The story : It's the end of summer , 1982 in a small Virginia town.
Married couple Jim and Jeanne have recently relocated from Washington along with their pre teen daughter Aurelie.
Aurelie wants to get a perm so she can have perfect hair like the rest of the girls her age , which will help her fit in.
But times are tough and perms are expensive!
Thinking quick , Jeanne finds a beauty school where she knows the perms will be cheap.
Aurelie is worried about getting a bad perm but not as worried as after she gets one.
Even though Aurelie's perm turns out not as she planned and everyone at school makes fun of her , her parents never try to keep her spirits up about things while their relationship with each other could use some work.
Stars Kira McLean , Patricia Arquette , Rainn Wilson , Alexis Leggett , Kaleigh Jo Keller , Brian Bremer , Nena Daniels , Aidan Fiske , Jenna Brister , Robert Shepherd , Jacqueline Jones
Directed by (& story written) Colette Burson
Rated PG13
COMEDY
Made for Netflix , airing on instant streaming May 31st in the US.
Season 1. Episode 3.
The story: Moa's wife, Mary meets with the Human Rights Council.
She claims her husband was mistreated by civil police officers, made to tell lies and forced to sign a confession without his knowledge of what it said.
She states her husband is innocent of the crimes he is accused of.
Putting instant doubt on the investigation the Task Force must delve even deeper to get to the truth.
The Human Rights Council meets with Moa and his story changes a lot.
He claims Secretary of Intelligence Thomas Vasconcelos , is the one who coerced him into confessing.
Thomas Vasconcelos was also appointed Secretary of Intelligence by Wallace's arch-enemy.
The arch-enemy being a politician who seemingly bought time for his friend the mayor of Coari to get away with money embezzlement and a pedophilia ring for as long as he could.
Wallace knew about the corruption and was investigating it fully.
All of which insinuates a case of revenge.
When Moa's wife goes on trial she recants her story.
She claims Wallace asked her to say what she said in return for helping her but the Task Force had a hunch about that.
While Wallace was gaining on taking down the mayor of Coari , claiming all he has done for the past 20 something years was help people and fight crime he ended up having to defend his name once again after his son is brought into jail.
Stars Mary Tereza Ramos , Paula Litaiff , Luis Eduardo Valois , Divanilson Cavalcanti , Luiz Castro , Carlos Henrique Costa , Francisco Cruz , "Joao" , "Francisca"
Directed by Marcelo Galvao
Not Rated
Brazilian Portuguese with English subtitles
DOCUMENTARY/HISTORY/BIOGRAPHY/SERIES
Made for Netflix , airing on instant streaming May 31st in the US.
Season 1. Episode 2.
The story: Wallace publicly claims that he is being framed, by the story of a former military police officer now in federal custody, Moacir "Moa"Jorge.
Moa is clearly scared for his safety and is believed by the public to have told a false story to save his own hyde.
Wallace claims that he has no recollection of Moa but when the media gets a hold of photos of the two together at Wallace's home, the story takes yet another turn.
Now contradicting himself, Wallace claims Moa is a friend of his oldest son, Raphael.
The day the pictures were taken, Raphael was having a cookout at the house.
The guests were friends.
Wallace is now a State Rep and trying for Secretary of Security.
The media coverage hasn't really shaken the people from being under his wing while publicly attacking political opponents as well as law enforcement.
After an attack on the federal jail where Moa was being held, law enforcement decided that it had to have been an attempt at his life and hid him.
Police then got a Task Force together, driven by finding out the whole, real truth.
All the people who knew Wallace personally claimed they had never seen him do anything wrong and stood by that.
But Moa's story contradicted all things that Wallace claimed about his own innocence and during all of which, Wallace could still be seen hosting 'Canal Rivre' stating that criminals should be shot and killed.
Many witnesses, as well as drug dealers and criminals, continued to be murdered and it all coincidentally looked like Wallace was at the head of the case.
But after a forensic investigation of the explosion at the jail the investigators came to the conclusion that is was not what they believed it was...
Another part of Moa's supposed false confession stated that Wallace's son Raphael was also involved in the murders and he was called in to testify.
Then...Moa's wife went public, stating Moa told her that his confession was false and forced.
Stars Ezequel "Kein" Melo , Divanilson Cavalcanti , Thomas Vasconcelos , Andre Alves , Paula Litaiff , Mario "Pequeno" De Silva , Victor Hugo De Paula , Marilucia Souza , Fabio Montelro , Ana Sena , Chico Batata , Almir Cardoso , Sergio Fontes , Webster Sena , Lerron Santiago , Luis Eduardo Valois
Directed by Marcelo Galvao
Not Rated
Brazilian Portuguese with English subtitles
DOCUMENTARY/HISTORY/BIOGRAPHY/SERIES
"What we do down here on Earth...we pay for it."
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."
Released May 5th in the US.
Filmed entirely in New Mexico.
The story : Dr. Caroline Arnold has just rented a beautiful but rundown mansion which was built in the 1800s.
Her plan is to take a group of rehabilitating addicts she's been working with and as a project, work together getting the place cleaned up.
Almost immediately after the group arrives bad stuff starts happening.
You know the house is old, with problems so hey, just wait it out, stay calm and hope for the best.
But things don't get better, they actually get worse, and as time ticks away the chances of them all staying alive and leaving for home are becoming slim.
Stars Ed Bakey, Joanna Pettet, Richard Crenna, Milton Selzer, George OHanlon Jr, Andrew Prine, Lynne Moody, Mary Louise Weller, Cassie Yates, Robert Viharo, Emory Souza
Directed by Gus Trikonis
Rated R
MYSTERY/THRILLER/HORROR
