Luta por território e resistência quilombola no Maranhão contemporâneo no cinema de Murilo Santos

Abstract

This work aims to analyze aspects of the film Em Busca do Bem Viver by Maranhão filmmaker Murilo Santos, establishing its importance and relevance in representing the context of the struggle for quilombola territories in Contemporary Maranhão and signaling ways of use in the History classroom. In this sense, we established studies on the relationship between cinema and history to understand the social function of documentary cinema. Thus, we aim to establish these studies on cinematographic work on screen, in an interface between Cinema and History teaching, covering possibilities for using documentaries in the classroom, especially for basic education. We observe, in the meantime, the importance of film aesthetics for the construction of History and its transformation, agile as a way of denouncing and raising public awareness through cinematographic language. Thus, the film works as an agent of persuasion, seeking through the concept of Bem Viver to present to the public the ways of life and work of these subjects.