Designed by Oscar Niemeyer, the Palácio da Alvorada is the official residence of all of Brazil’s presidents, including Dilma Rousseff, in power from 2011 until 2016, at which time she was impeached. Following Dilma Rousseff and her closest members of staff over the days that lead up to the impeachment trial that resulted in her downfall, Alvorada Palace is a poignant reflection on the nature of leadership and power.
DAFilms.com is powered by Doc Alliance, a creative partnership of 7 key European documentary film festivals. Our aim is to advance the documentary genre, support its diversity and promote quality creative documentary films.