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Best Picture Nominee Explores a Dark Chapter of Brazilian History
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In 1970, the Paiva family films their home movies on t...
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Taylor Blake has been hooked on film ever since she saw The Lion King in theaters at age two—initially on every stuffed Simba and Nala she could find, later on any great movie she could find. St. Louis Film Critics Association member. Follow her on Letterboxd.
