In 1992, Globo TV Network showed the miniseries "Anos Rebeldes", and there were also public demonstrations pro-impeachment of President Fernando Collor de Mello, in which students made veiled and deliberate references to the TV series. From the obvious link between these two events, the article discusses the use of television fiction as a source that can reveal aspects of Brazilian "historical culture."
Brazil; dictatorship; historical culture; television fiction.