HBO Max Premieres Ângela Diniz Miniseries Inspired by Praia dos Ossos

Overview

• Ângela Diniz: Assassinada e Condenada debuts with six parts directed by Andrucha Waddington, led by Marjorie Estiano as Ângela and Emílio Dantas as Raul “Doca” Street.
• The first two episodes are streaming now on HBO Max, with four more to follow weekly on Thursdays.
• The adaptation draws from Rádio Novelo’s 2020 podcast Praia dos Ossos to revisit the 1976 killing and the courtroom saga that followed.
• Creators chose not to depict the shooting to avoid re‑victimizing Ângela, centering instead on the media‑charged trial.
• Coverage recalls the 1979 use of the “legitimate defense of honor” that initially cut Doca’s sentence before a 1980s retrial imposed 15 years, a thesis the Supreme Court struck down as unconstitutional in 2023.