Waiting for the Carnival

Waiting for the Carnival

201985 min8.3 / 10

A documentary portrait of workers in Brazil's jeans capital, balancing the grim reality of self-exploitation with the vital release and joy of Carnival.

A documentary film about the Brazilian town of Toritama, the self-proclaimed capital of jeans. The workers of the city’s self-managed small businesses only get one real break from their self-exploiting lives in the textile business: the annual Carnival.

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