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      Antonia Pellegrino will create a series about Marielle in partnership with José Padilha.

      In an Instagram post, she also talks about the partnership with Globo studios and Globoplay. The name of Padilha, director of O Mecanismo, generated criticism on social media.

      Marielle Franco, Antonia Pellegrino and José Padilha (Photo: Press Release)

      247 - Screenwriter Ana Pellegrino announced this Friday, the 6th, on her Instagram profile that she will tell the story of the murdered councilwoman Marielle Franco (PSOL-RJ) in a series that will be a partnership between Globo studios and Globoplay.

      The production will be directed by José Padilha, director of the series "O Mecanismo," which praised and distorted the history of Operation Lava Jato. Padilha's name has generated criticism on social media, including in the comments on the screenwriter's post.

      "I never chose to tell this story. This story chose me, on March 14, 2018," Ana recounted, describing her relationship with Marielle. 

      Regarding Padilha, he stated: "Zé and I disagree on many things, but we agree that working with differences is not only healthy, but necessary and stimulating." Check out the post:

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      I never chose to tell this story. This story chose me, on March 14, 2018. Five years earlier, I met Marielle at the home of mutual friends. We became close in 2015, when the women's spring took to the streets of Brazil, and we were there, fighting. In 2016, when I learned she would be running for city council, my heart filled with hope. Marielle was the embodiment of my dream – and the dream of so many others – of a 21st-century democracy, a truly inclusive and egalitarian democracy, where gender, race, and class are not markers of inequality, but of difference. I campaigned for her, I organized a small rally for her at my house. And it was Marielle who, over coffee with Marcelo, now my partner, told him: "You should date someone like Antonia Pellegrino." Marielle was my godmother. Seeing Marielle dead, shot inside a car, and then carrying her coffin is a profound tear in my life, a true watershed moment. For two years, we nurtured, developed, and built this project, a huge responsibility, always with the blessing and partnership of the family. Marielle's assassination is not the only one in Rio de Janeiro (a city marked by crime), but it is the only one capable of bringing the city's underbelly to the surface. Jurema Werneck, director of Amnesty International, says that Marielle went above and beyond in everything she did – even in the moment of death. She became a giant. To film the life and death of Marielle Franco, we needed someone who had known the underworld of Rio for some time, and who was experienced and capable of taking this story even further: José Padilha, one of the greatest Brazilian directors of all time. Zé and I disagree on many things, but we agree that working with difference, besides being healthy, is necessary and stimulating. The meeting of our production company, Antifa Filmes, with Globo studios and Globoplay crowns this journey. [Continued in the first comment below]

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