Justiça [videorecording] = Justice / Selfmade Films in co-production with NPS presents ; a film by Maria Ramos ; written and directed by Maria Ramos ; producers, Niek Koppen, Jan De Ruiter, Renée van der Grinten.

Amsterdam : Selfmade Films ; Brooklyn, NY : Distributed by First Run/Icarus Films, 2004.

1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

In Justiça, Maria Ramos puts a camera where many Brazilians have never been--a criminal courtroom in Rio de Janeiro, following the daily routine of those that work there every day (public attorneys, judges, prosecutors) and those that are merely passing through (the accused). The design and layout of the courtroom, the discourse, the codes, the postures--all visual details and sounds that underlie the structures of power--are relevant. There are no interviews or narrative statements, and without providing any definite answers or making preconceived judgments, the film examines just how and for whom the Brazilian judicial system works.

Justice.

Images / Video & Film

Portuguese

May 07, 2009

Director of photography, Flávio Zangrandi; editing, Virgínia Flores, Maria Ramos, Joana Collier.

The defendants, Carlos Eduardo, Alan Wagner, Anderson Vinícius, Marcillo, Paulo César; the judges Geraldo Luiz Mascarenhas Prado, Fátima Maria Clemente, Roberto Ferreira da Rocha; the public attorney, Maria Inês Cato; the prosecutor, Androla Macabu S. Cato; and Elma Lusitano, Suzana, Maria Elma, and Duciloldo.

DVD.