Brazil’s Oscar© 2020 Entry for Best International Feature: ‘Babenco’ by Barbara Paz

‘Babenco: Tell Me When I Die’ is the documentary of Babenco dying. Dying is not pleasant and initially, I had a really hard time watching. By its end, however, I not only understood why Brazil submitted it to the Academy; it is in honor of Hector Babenco, one of Brazil’s most accomplished transcultural directors, but I…

Sydney Levine
SydneysBuzz The Blog
6 min readDec 6, 2020

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Sydney’s 40+ years in international film business include exec positions in acquisitions, twice selling FilmFinders, the 1st film database, teaching & writing.