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Reading the World

Aug 21, 2025 · 1h 11m
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In 1963, global icon Paulo Freire led an experimental project teaching hundreds of rural farmers to read, write and vote in Brazil, until he was arrested and forced into exile during a U.S.backed coup d'etat.

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Paulo Freire
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Luzia de Andrade
Marcos Guerra
Madalena Freire
Maria Miranda
Anita Maria Sousa
Maria Gildenora
Paulo Alves de Sousa
Directed by Catherine Murphy

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Original language
PT
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Instituto Paulo Freire
Country
BR
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