A Brasil paralelo e o bolsonarismo: uma análise a partir da trilogia Pátria Educadora

Abstract

The general objective of the work was to problematize the role of the audiovisual production company Brasil Paralelo (BP) in the context of the rise of the Brazilian extreme right in the 21st century (2013-2023). To achieve this objective, we reflect on the extreme right in Brazil since the founding of the Brazilian Integralist Action (AIB) in 1932 by the journalist Plínio Salgado, through the Popular Representation Party, ostracism until the democratic opening, its resurgence with the Party of Rebuilding of the National Order (PRONA) in 1989 and its enormous rise in the last decade (2013-2022) starting with the June Days of 2013 and having former president Jair Messias Bolsonaro as its leader. Furthermore, we discuss issues relating to three fundamental concepts for understanding far-right movements: fascism, neo-fascism and post-fascism. To understand the phenomenon ontologically, we elucidate issues related to communication and identities in the contemporary world for the dissemination/reproduction of Bolsonarist ideology through digital social networks. The main ideologue of Bolsonarism is Olavo de Carvalho, and that is why we reserved part of the work to comment on his life and work. It was necessary to analyze the three documentaries from this company that make up the Pátria Educadora trilogy to establish relationships between audiovisuals and Bolsonarism. The three documentaries are: The End of History; By the prophet's beard; and War on Intelligence. The trilogy has as its central theme public education in contemporary Brazil. We demonstrate the company's trajectory from its founding in 2016 to the present day, as well as its relations with Bolsonarism.