CINEMA AND RESISTANCE
TENSIONING THE ERASURE OF THE MEMORY OF THE MILITARY DICTATORSHIP A DISCURSIVE ANALYSIS OF PRA FRENTE, BRASIL (1982) AND I'M STILL HERE (2024)
Keywords:
Information Science, memory, brazilian military dictatorship, cinemaAbstract
This article examines the representations of the Brazilian military dictatorship in the films Pra Frente, Brasil (1982) and Ainda Sou Aqui (2024), seeking to understand how these cinematographic narratives tension the processes of memory erasure and silencing imposed by the regime. The research, of a qualitative nature, is based on Discourse Analysis from Orlandi (1999), in dialogue with memory studies and Information Science. Discursive sequences related to repression, silencing, interdiction or absence of information, memory production and resistance to oblivion were analyzed, considering dialogues and elements of audiovisual materiality. The results demonstrate that the works act in a complementary way: the 1982 film exposes the production of silence during repression and the 2024 production highlights the consequences of silence for social and family trauma, as well as the resistance of the personal archive. The productions highlight the role of cinema as an informational artifact and a device for mediating social memory against collective amnesia. In this sense, the social responsibility of Information Science is considered in the sense of being relevant for the preservation of collective memory and for combating the silencing of marginalized voices.