Produção cinematográfica no Maranhão: uma análise do documentário Tambor de Crioula (1979)

Abstract

The studies about the cinematography production in Maranhão are still poor, but well introduced; they specially treats of the beginning of cinema in our state, in a way of introduce the first impacts of the XX century. The present work thinks in the cinematography production of Maranhão, especially in the black representation showed in the 1970s documentary, Tambor de Crioula (1979), punctuating the production specificity and autonomy of their creators. For that we think in the in the documentary importance to the creation of a memory about our State, besides the several cultural and policies of the period, giving opportunities to the projects and dreams of their creators/filmmakers. We intend to launch from the cinema a perspective of the cultural production and the social representation of the 1970s, as also encourage the knowledge of the cinematography production from Maranhão.