The Day That Lasted 21 Years
30/09/2012
1h 17m



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.
Cast


João Goulart
Self (archive footage)


Leonel Brizola
Self (archive footage)


John F. Kennedy
Self (archive footage)
Carlos Fico
Self
Robert Bentley
Self
James Green
Self
Peter Kornbluh
Self
Plinio de Arruda Sampaio
Self


Fidel Castro
Self (archive footage)
Denise Assis
Self
Jarbas Passarinho
Self


Lyndon B. Johnson
Self (archive footage)
Júlio de Sá Bierrenbach
Self
Newton Cruz
Self
Bocayuva Cunha
Self (archive footage)
Hernani Fittipaldi
Self
Ivan Cavalcanti Proença
Self
Laurita Mourão
Self
Rui Moreira Lima
Self
Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco
Self (archive footage)


Vernon Walters
Self (archive footage)
Charles Burke Elbrick
Self (archive footage)
Clodsmith Riani
Self
Geraldo Costa
Self
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