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Review: Lula, Son of Brazil

“While everything on the screen is likely based on fact, this portrayal of his life evokes the trite characterizations and sympathetic sucker punches typically reserved for only the most schmaltzy Hollywood dramas, and ignores any elements that might paint a negative image of the leader. It isn’t quite propaganda, but it is a bit surprising that the film wasn’t funded by Lula himself.”
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Lula, Son of Brazil


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“While everything on the screen is likely based on fact, this portrayal of his life evokes the trite characterizations and sympathetic sucker punches typically reserved for only the most schmaltzy Hollywood dramas, and ignores any elements that might paint a negative image of the leader. It isn’t quite propaganda, but it is a bit surprising that the film wasn’t funded by Lula himself.”

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Blake Williams is an avant-garde filmmaker born in Houston, currently living and working in Toronto. He recently entered the PhD program at University of Toronto's Cinema Studies Institute, and has screened his video work at TIFF (2011 & '12), Tribeca (2013), Images Festival (2012), Jihlava (2012), and the Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley. Blake has contributed to IONCINEMA.com's coverage for film festivals such as Cannes, TIFF, and Hot Docs. Top Films From Contemporary Film Auteurs: Almodóvar (Talk to Her), Coen Bros. (Fargo), Dardennes (Rosetta), Haneke (Code Unknown), Hsiao-Hsien (Flight of the Red Balloon), Kar-wai (Happy Together), Kiarostami (Where is the Friend's Home?), Lynch (INLAND EMPIRE), Tarantino (Reservoir Dogs), Van Sant (Last Days), Von Trier (The Idiots)

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