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Renting it for the recording of the film Dark Horse, about the former president, generated revolt among the cultural equipment’s staff.
The museum is linked to the government, which also rented the museum.
The Favela Museum is the setting where the stabbing scene suffered by the then candidate was filmed. The report obtained a frame from the video that shows American actor Jim Caviezel being carried by a crowd, in front of the historic museum building, in the center of .
The space was rented on the 3rd and 4th of December, between 6am and 12pm, upon payment of R$57,000, according to the current price list. Film crews used entrance staircases, foyer, hall, meeting room and outdoor spaces.
O Metropolises found that the rent generated revolt among some of the employees who work there, who consider that Bolsonaro is not suitable for a space focused on peripheral culture, which suffered from several of his government’s policies, including the management of the pandemic. The space rented for the film was the same one that showed, this year, an exhibition about the rap group Racionais MC’s, the main national hip hop band, whose members are critical of the former president.
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Jim Caviezel portrayed as Jair Bolsonaro
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The premiere of the film Dark Horse will be in 2026
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Jim Caviezel portrayed as Jair Bolsonaro
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Jim Caviezel portrayed as former president Jair Bolsonaro
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Jair Bolsonaro and Jim Caviezel
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The former president was convicted by the STF of attempted coup d’état
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Bolsonaro is currently imprisoned in Brasília
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Film about Bolsonaro
- The script for the film Dark Horse was written by federal deputy Mário Frias (PL-SP), former special secretary of Culture in the Bolsonaro government.
- Scheduled to premiere in 2026, the film aims to reach an international audience by reconstructing the former president’s political trajectory.
- Currently, Jair Bolsonaro is sentenced by the Federal Supreme Court (STF) to 27 years and 3 months in prison for attempted coup d’état and .
In the case mentioned, the Museu das Favelas authorized the recording on December 3 and 4, 2025, from 6 am to 12 pm, upon payment of R$ 57 thousand, according to the public table of the current contract. The areas used were the entrance stairs, the foyer, the multipurpose hall, meeting room nº 8 and external spaces.
The Secretariat for Culture, Economy and Creative Industry of the State of São Paulo stated that the authorization did not involve the use of exhibitions, collections, works of art or institutional brands. According to the ministry, “the temporary 20 of spaces in state cultural facilities is regular and provided for in the management contracts signed with the organizations responsible for the administration of these places”. The practice follows objective criteria, “with democratic, impersonal and transparent access, respecting the standards for preserving cultural heritage and the rules that prohibit the promotional use of institutional brands”, says the government.
Memorial
The film, directed by Cyrus Nowrasteh, also had scenes recorded at the Memorial da América Latina, in the west zone, from November 19th to 22nd this year.
To have the right to use images from the space, the production company Go Up Entertainment disbursed R$ 125,921.36, paid to . According to the authorization form, published in the Official Gazette, the rent covered the period from 8 am to 10 pm on each scheduled day.
The location included the Auditorium of the Latin American Library, Praça da Sombra (area in front of the Creativity Pavilion), Foyer of the Simón Bolívar Auditorium, and Congressmen’s Annex (lower floor).
