Director:Pablo Lopez Guelli Producer: Giovanni Velasco
Description:
Our Flag Will Never be Red shows an unprecedented history
about lack of freedom of expression in Brazil. The documentary
presents the struggle of independent journalists to break the
blockade imposed by six families that dominate the country's
information system. Brazil has "6 Berlusconis" that
together dominate more than 90% of the national audience. According
to those interviewed, the Berlusconis were responsible for one of the
greatest journalistic frauds of all times: a massive cheat that
destroyed people’s confidence in the traditional press and threw
Brazil towards fascism. Our Flag Will Never be Red is the
first time that a Brazilian film denounces the concentration of local
media, considered by the United Nations as “the highest in the
western world”. By examining the influence of the Brazilian media
in the socio-political events that took place
from 2013 to 2019, Our Flag Will
Never be Red answers the question on
everyone’s mind: who is Bolsonaro, and how did he become the
president of the sixth most populous country in the world?
Biography:
Pablo Lopez Guelli is a documentary filmmaker and journalist who’s worked in media
communication groups all over the world, such as NHK TV (Japan),
MediaPro (Spain), and Globo (Brazil). He also worked as an
international correspondent for 10 years. In 2011, he created
Salamanca Filmes, a video producer dedicated exclusively to social
impact films. In 2012, he received the "Castilla y León"
award for the best documentary about Spanish immigration in Latin
America. He has a degree in Social Communication and International
Affairs, a postgraduate degree in Documentary Cinema, and an MBA in
Audiovisual Project Management.
