Prime Video’s ‘Tremembé’ Surges in Brazil as On‑Screen Portrayals Draw Pushback

Overview

• The five-episode series, which premiered October 31 on Prime Video, dramatizes life at the so-called ‘presídio dos famosos’ using material from Ullisses Campbell’s reporting.
• Cristian Cravinhos publicly criticized the show as containing “muita mentira” and denied a romantic relationship depicted on screen with the inmate known as Duda.
• O Globo reports that Campbell’s new title, “Tremembé: O presídio dos famosos,” climbed to seventh place on Amazon’s best-seller list following the release.
• The production features the controversial “Diário de Tremembé” by Acir Filló, a book whose sale was prohibited by a São Paulo court in 2019 over consent and accuracy concerns.
• Recent coverage has revisited case backgrounds, noting that Sandrão’s sentence was reduced on appeal and that she currently serves under open-regime monitoring with completion scheduled for 2028.