Brazil's democracy went viral on a Chinese app. What could go wrong?
The film follows the final days of Brazil’s 2022 presidential election through livestreams and edits on the Chinese social media platform TikTok, which at that time had around 80 million active users in the country.
Editing
Chaotic vertical-video collage that mirrors actual doomscrolling.
Direction
Andrade lets TikTok's interface become the antagonist.
Director
Álvaro Andrade
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Brazil became TikTok's largest Latin American market precisely as political livestreaming exploded—no coincidence the platform stayed silent on moderation.
Andrade reportedly received legal threats from both campaigns for 'unflattering framing'—proving the film's thesis before release.
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