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Walter Salles documentary series revisits Sócrates and Corinthians’ democracy movement
Walter Salles’s documentary series revisits the life of Sócrates, a leading Brazilian footballer who also became a prominent political figure.
Two episodes screened at the São Paulo International Film Festival, although the series is not yet finished.
The four-part series will be released on Globoplay, but no release date has been announced.
It traces Sócrates’s path from studying medicine while playing football to joining Corinthians in São Paulo.
After a poor season in 1981, the club introduced a system where players and staff made decisions by voting.
Known as Democracy Corinthiana, the system became a civic stand against Brazil’s military dictatorship.
The series also shows Corinthians players campaigning for direct elections in 1984, as Brazil pushed to restore them.
Walter Salles’s documentary series “Sócrates Brasileiro” revisits the life of footballer Sócrates and the Corinthians democracy movement.
Two episodes were shown at the São Paulo International Film Festival on Friday, October 23, although the series is not yet finished.
The series will have four episodes on Globoplay, but a release date has not been announced.
It recalls how Corinthians players and staff adopted a vote-based system for decisions and how Sócrates took part in the campaign for direct elections.
- Who
- Walter Salles made the series about Sócrates, Corinthians players and the democracy movement.
- What
- The documentary revisits Sócrates’s life and the Democracy Corinthiana movement.
- When
- Two episodes were screened on October 23, 2026. The Globoplay release date has not been announced.
- Where
- Two episodes were shown at the São Paulo International Film Festival. The movement took place at Corinthians’ Parque São Jorge.
- Why
- The series reconstructs Sócrates’s trajectory and revisits the movement’s political significance.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
The military coup interrupted Sócrates’s intellectual childhood, and his father burned books out of fear of repression.
Corinthians had a poor Brazilian Championship campaign.
Adilson Monteiro Alves became a director, and Corinthians began its vote-based self-management system.
Corinthians players took to the streets in support of direct elections.
Two episodes of the unfinished series were screened at the São Paulo International Film Festival.
- Series
- Sócrates Brasileiro
- Director
- Walter Salles
- Episodes
- Four planned for Globoplay
- Screening
- Two episodes shown at the São Paulo International Film Festival
- Movement
- Corinthians players, staff and employees voted on decisions
- Political campaign
- Diretas Já, the campaign for direct elections
What people are saying
ganhar ou perder, mas sempre com democracia