The film I'm Still Here has as its background the struggle of families during the civil-military dictatorship in Brazil and, as a result, has been used to raise debates on the subject. Recently, an old publication on X, made by Marcelo Rubens Paivawriter of the book that gave rise to the film, began to go viral. In the comment, the son of Rubens Paiva e Eunice Paivareacts to the fact that Dilma Rousseff and the Truth Commission were crucial to creating his work. “You said! Because of the Truth Commission, I had the elements to write the book I'm Still Here, and now we have this stunning film. And Dilma paid a high price for the necessary rescue of memory”, he wrote Marcelo.
The National Truth Commission (CNV) was a body created by Dilma Rousseff's government in 2011, with the aim of investigating and clarifying human rights violations that occurred during the military regime (1964-1985). Its main mission was to gather testimonies, documents and evidence that would help reconstruct episodes of torture, forced disappearances and murders carried out by the regime. Although it was not punitive in nature, the CNV brought previously hidden information to light, contributing to awareness of the seriousness of these acts and to symbolic reparation for the victims and their families.
