Marielle Franco

“Marielle’s Legacy Will Not Die”: An Interview With the Documentary Filmmaker
Below, Elena Chavez interviews Leonard Cortana, a young, French-born filmmaker based in New York City with family roots in the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe. Most of his work focuses on Brazil and the Caribbean diaspora, especially on Afro-descendant female characters. His film Marielle’s Legacy Will Not Die focuses on Marielle Franco, a queer Black woman, feminist and member of the Socialism and Liberty Party (PSOL) who was elected to Rio de Janeiro’s city council in 2016. Soon after her election, Brazil underwent an institutional coup that ousted then President Dilma Rousseff. In March 2018, Franco was shot to death by an unknown assailant. A month later Brazil’s U.S.-trained judiciary imprisoned former President Lula da Silva. Increasing ties have emerged between Marielle’s likely killers and current President Jair Bolsonaro.
Leonard Cortana
January 7, 2020New Ties Emerge Between President Jair Bolsonaro and Marielle Franco’s Assassination
A doorman at President Bolsonaro’s gated community revealed that one of the suspected killers of Rio de Janeiro city council member Marielle Franco identified himself as a visitor of Bolsonaro’s residence before meeting with the other suspected killer on the day of Franco’s murder.
Maryam Alaniz
October 31, 2019One Year Later: Who Ordered Marielle Franco’s Assassination?
It has been one year and still, there is no clear answer to who ordered Marielle Franco killed?
Esquerda Diário
March 14, 2019[VIDEO] New York City: Protest Against the Assassination of Marielle Franco
People gathered in New York City to protest the assassination of Marielle Franco, the leftist city councilwoman who denounced police violence and the military intervention in Rio de Janeiro.
Left Voice
March 19, 2018[VIDEO] Councilwoman and Anti-Police Brutality Activist Assassinated in Rio
City council representative for the Party of Socialism and Liberty, Marielle Franco was assassinated in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday night.
Left Voice
March 19, 2018Marielle’s Murder: The State is Responsible
Who is responsible for Marielle Franco's assassination?
Tatiana Cozzarelli
March 19, 2018Councilwoman and Anti-Police Brutality Activist Assassinated in Rio
City council representative for the Party of Socialism and Liberty, Marielle Franco was assassinated in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday night.
Left Voice
March 15, 2018