Reading the World
In 1963, global icon Paulo Freire led an experimental project teaching hundreds of rural farmers to read, write and vote in Brazil, until he was arrested and forced into exile during a U.S.backed coup d'etat.
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Cast
17 people
Paulo Freire
Self
Also in
Paulo Freire Contemporâneo
Paulo Freire - Educar para Transformar
Luzia de Andrade
Marcos Guerra
Madalena Freire
Also in
Paulo Freire: Um Homem do Mundo
Maria Miranda
Also in
Dahlia
Anita Maria Sousa
Maria Gildenora
Paulo Alves de Sousa
Francisca de Brito
Valquíria Félix
Eneide Maria Araújo
Manoel Bezerra
Catherine Murphy Director · Iris de Oliveira Director Luis Dechtiar Writer
United States release August 8, 2026 · Produced in Brazil · Original title Lendo o Mundo
Production
Instituto Paulo Freire
Production
Brazil
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Languages
Original title
Lendo o Mundo
Original language
Portuguese
Spoken on screen
Portuguese
Release dates
Brazil · August 21, 2025
Premiere · Festival de Gramado
United States · August 8, 2026
Premiere · BlackStar Film Festival
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