Julien Temple

Directed by Julien Temple
Produced by Mike Downey, Sam Taylor, Rodrigo Letier
Written by Chris Pickard and Helen Beltrame
 
Rock in Rio attracted a paying public of 1.4 million people over 10 nights in January 1985 to see top Brazilian and international acts, and which coincided with the exact moment that the military released its grip on power and allowed democratic power to be handed back to the people. Children of the Revolution will take the viewer from Brazil's first difficult blossoming steps towards democracy to the current time when the country is considered one of the most powerful, stable and respected democracies in the world.
 
The film will reflect on the social, political, financial, cultural and technical revolutions that have taken place in 1970s to today, a time when the city and Brazil stand  on the threshold of hosting two of the world's largest and most prestigious high profile events, the FIFA World Cup in 2014 and The Olympic Games in 2016. With the music and celebration of Brazil and Rock In Rio as its sound track, and the  festivals of 1985 and 2011 as its bookends, along with the 1970 and 2014 World Cups, Julien will  ask if today's young, modern, and cosmopolitan audience can understand and appreciate the part that music played in keeping spirits  high during the days of the dictatorship; and that as recently as the 1970s and 80s Brazilian musicians, songwriters and other artists were putting their lives on the line as they used their artistic integrity and verbal skills to protest the social and political injustices of the time. The aim  of Children Of the Revolution is not, however, to make a heavy political tome. That is not in the spirit of Rio or Brazil.