Name: Justiça
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2004-05-06
Duration: 1 h 40 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Fátima Maria Clemente, Carlos Eduardo, Maria Ignez Kato

First I have to say that before watching the documentary, I decided to check the reviews, and, based on them, I had a very different idea as to what to expect.

I also have to say I'm not one much for documentaries, so I probably missed one or two things.

One thing I liked a lot is that, contrary to most brazilian documentaries, Justiça isn't blatantly biased, and in stead just depicts what's happening, allowing the viewers more space to draw their own conclusions. That said, the choice of narrative still pushed the viewer in a certain direction. If the theme was supposed to be Brazilian's Justice system, why was there no investigation or discussion on how the laws were conceived the way they were, and if they are in fact ultimately fair. The picture was mostly background stories of some poor folk who got in trouble with the law, and thus making the filmmaker's point: the supposed inequality. Nothing against this point of view, except maybe call the picture "Inequality in the Justice System", because at no point did go into why things are the way they are.

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