I was listening to an episode of Behind the Bastards about the slave labor used by Volkswagen in the 1970s and 1980s and this fact came up. Here’s the relevant Wiki:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_Brazil

Excerpt:

Out of the 12 million Africans who were forcibly brought to the New World, approximately 5.5 million were brought to Brazil between 1540 and the 1860s.

  • ji59@hilariouschaos.com
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    1 day ago

    Huh? Are you surprised that movies made in US are mostly about US? I am from Czech Republic and surprisingly, all our movies are about czech culture and none about Brazilian slave trade.

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      No. But holiwwod has spread to the whole world the American values. You don’t see that from other countries.