Berlinale study of slavery unearths the roots of modern Brazil

BERLIN (Reuters) - Making films in a bitterly divided Brazil that is increasingly hostile to artistic freedom is an act of resistance in itself, the maker of a new drama about race relations in the years after the country abolished slavery said. Actor Mawusi Tulani poses as she attends a photo call and news conference to promote the movie \"All the Dead Ones\" during the 70th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin, Germany, February 23, 2020. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse Speaking ahead of the Berlin premiere of “All the Dead Ones” on Sunday, director Caetano Gotardo said the dozens of Brazilian films being screened at international festivals was testimony to the power of art to resist oppression.  “There’s an attempt to put a straitjacket on this expressive force,” he told reporters at the Berlin Film Festival, known as the Berlinale. “We have to be present on the world stage and also in the domestic arena with commercial successes, because that shows the str