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CPOY 76 Documentary Gold: Golgotha

Golgotha: In Hebrew, "The Place of the Skull". In the Bible, the hill where Jesus was crucified. In the Roman Empire, the most cruel penalty. In Israel, the main pilgrimage point. Contemporary Brazil brings this dual meaning of Golgotha: a territory where is a death machine, but also the place of sacrifice, resurrection and redefinition of meanings. Researchers predict that by 2032, the majority of the Brazilian population will be converted to Evangelical Christianity. At the same time, an ultra conservative, populist, right-wing wave, led by President Jair Bolsonaro, is washing over the country. I propose telling this story from the perspective of individuals that seem to have little in common, aside from sharing their faith. However, their dreams, ambition, and desire for life and opportunity both explains and complexifies the understanding of what it means to be Evangelical in contemporary Brazil. The project tries to understand the different faces of evangelization in the country, trying to find the gaps in between the biblical and the tupiniquim, the Jesus green and yellow from the Brazilian Flag and the creative contradictions it brings. It looks at the place where the people put their faith, sometimes their money and many others their anguishes and ambitions.

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Slide 8 of 12
August 8, 2021
The pastor and Missionary David Bailey baptizes one indigenous teenager in the Areia Branca beach, inside the Krikati Reserve, in Maranhão. The indigenous leader Tiago Krikati (left) also takes part on the baptism. David Bailey is the first generation of American missionaries born in Brazil. His parents came to Maranhão in the 70’s to evangelize the indigenous. Tiago says that Jesus saved his life. He was an alcoholic, unemployed and used to beat his wife. Today he works as a teacher in his village’s school and is a missionary pastor trying to get his village converted. CONPLEI, Pastors and Evangelical Indigenous Leaders’ National Council is the organization responsible for organizing and mobilizing the "Third Missionary Wave"a movement that aims the conversion of indigenous led by other indigenous, instead of Europeans or white Brazilians. According to them, indigenous are most likely to be convinced and converted by other indigenous rather than foreigners.
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