LULA, SON OF BRAZIL PORTRAYS HIS HUMBLE ROOTS AND METEORIC RISE
Covering his birth in 1945 until his mother’s death in 1980, with much attention to his family life, Lulu, o Filho do Brasil shows how a boy born into abject poverty exhibited much intelligence as a child, became a machinist, joined the union, and became a union leader whose fiery speeches could mobilize thousands to strike yet compromise, setting a path for his eventual rise to the presidency of the country in 2003. The Political Film Society has nominated Lula, Son of Brazil as best film exposé of 2012. MH