Overview

César Benjamin was arrested in August 1971 during student protests against the Brazilian military dictatorship. Although he was a juvenile, he was tried as an adult and sentenced to 13 years in prison. Thanks to the ardent campaigning of his mother Iramaya, working closely together with the Swedish branch of Amnesty International, he was released five years later.

Top Cast

C

Carol Benjamin

Self

C

César Benjamin

Self (archive footage)

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Iramaya Benjamin

Self (archive footage)

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Marianne Eyre

Self

Dilma Rousseff

archive footage

J

João Figueiredo

archive footage