FILMASPORA - New research project on cinema in the African diaspora in Lisbon

The project, funded by FCT within the scope of the exploratory projects competition (2024), is coordinated by researcher Catarina Laranjeiro (IHC) and has the participation of Ruy Llera Blanes (CRIA). FILMASPORA is an inaugural study on peripheral cinema carried out by Afro-descendant communities in Portugal. These are films produced with reduced budgets and low-cost equipment by amateur filmmakers. FILMASPORA proposes to reveal an unusual portrait of Portugal, in this case, as a country of immigration, and of identities that are typically hidden from authoritative narratives about being Portuguese and representing the Portuguese. An example is the urban landscape where these films are made: territories made invisible by public policies - self-produced neighborhoods, resettlements, vacant lots, etc.

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