Skip to main content
Back to Show
Amanpour & Co.

A Threat to Brazil’s Democracy Beyond the Pandemic

Many blame Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro for the country’s two million coronavirus cases and nearly 77,000 dead. Despite having contracted the virus himself, Bolsonaro continues to downplay its risks, dismissing it as a “little flu.” Petra Costa is a Brazilian filmmaker whose award-winning documentary "The Edge of Democracy" warns of a threat to Brazil’s democracy even beyond the pandemic.

Support Provided By
Season
September 16, 2025
Unlock with PBS Passport
55:46
Nadav Eyal; Firas Maksad; Declan Walsh; Kholood Khair; Sheera Frenkel
September 15, 2025
Unlock with PBS Passport
55:42
David Frum; Petra Costa; Susan Mayne
September 12, 2025
Unlock with PBS Passport
55:47
Wael al-Dahdouh; Liat Beinin Atzili; Brandon Kramer; Michael Crow
September 11, 2025
Unlock with PBS Passport
55:44
Martin Luther King III; Cynthia Miller-Idriss; Jenny Saville; Dan Wang
September 10, 2025
Unlock with PBS Passport
55:27
Nick Paton Walsh; Sen. Elissa Slotkin; Jill Lepore; Matthew Cole
September 9, 2025
Unlock with PBS Passport
55:31
Amos Yadlin; Mustafa Barghouti; Marwan Muasher; Aaron David Miller; Mina Al-Oraibi
September 8, 2025
Unlock with PBS Passport
55:46
Michael Kofman; Ivan Briscoe; Jeremy Diamond; Stacey Abrams
September 5, 2025
Unlock with PBS Passport
55:45
Lech Walesa; Elizabeth A. Hanks; Deanne Criswell; Katherine Landers; Dame Stephanie Shirley
September 4, 2025
Unlock with PBS Passport
55:46
Yossi Belin; Hiba Husseini; Imani Perry; Dr. Michael Osterholm
September 3, 2025
Unlock with PBS Passport
55:46
Kurt Campbell; Matthew Bartlett; Fania Oz-Salzberger; Emma Ashford
September 2, 2025
Unlock with PBS Passport
55:45
Richard Haass; Ronen Bergman; Robert Reich
September 1, 2025
Unlock with PBS Passport
55:45
David Scheffer; Mahmoud Khalil; Dr. Eric Topol
Active loading indicator