The Day That Lasted 21 Years
7.7
23 votes
September 30, 2012
1h 17m
Documentary
Overview
Stunning espionage documentary on the US conspiracy that led to the 1964 Brazilian coup d'état. John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson original White House tapes, and CIA Top Secret documents reveal how the US government planned to overthrow Brazilian elected president João Goulart.
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In United States
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Cast
João Goulart
Self (archive footage)
Leonel Brizola
Self (archive footage)
John F. Kennedy
Self (archive footage)C
Carlos Fico
SelfR
Robert Bentley
SelfJ
James Green
SelfP
Peter Kornbluh
SelfP
Plinio de Arruda Sampaio
Self
Fidel Castro
Self (archive footage)D
Denise Assis
SelfJ
Jarbas Passarinho
Self
Lyndon B. Johnson
Self (archive footage)J
Júlio de Sá Bierrenbach
SelfN
Newton Cruz
SelfB
Bocayuva Cunha
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