What the 2025 Nimdzi 100 reveals about our changing stage RENATO BENINATTO Revision: Patricia Worsley, Todd Harkin Cacá Diegues’s 1979 road movie “Bye Bye Brazil” follows a ragtag circus troupe winding its way through the country, only to discover that television is pulling away its crowds. The accordion still moves hearts, the strongman still hoists weights—but audiences now gather […]
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