Tremembé Tops Prime Video as Series Fuels Backlash and Author Posts Evidence to Counter Denial

Overview

• Prime Video’s five-episode drama about the Tremembé penitentiary debuted over the weekend and quickly climbed the platform’s most-watched rankings, driving intense online discussion.
• Journalist and series writer Ullisses Campbell posted items he says corroborate a relationship depicted on screen after Cristian Cravinhos rejected his portrayal and called the show untruthful.
• Campbell’s recent book, Tremembé: O presídio dos famosos, jumped into Amazon’s top 10 best sellers following the series’ launch.
• The show blends reported events with invented dialogue and adjusted chronology, and the producers say it underwent legal review before release.
• The narrative has renewed attention to legal and ethical disputes over prison storytelling, including the 2019 São Paulo ruling that banned sales of ex-mayor Acir Filló’s Diário de Tremembé, as some victims’ relatives publicly choose not to watch.