Infâncias clandestinas: memórias de filhos e filhas da militância em um curta brasileiro

Abstract

In this brief essay, I have analyzed a short film named 15 filhos (fiften children), directed by Marta Nehring and Maria Oliveira, released in 1996. I work with the assumption that, by revisiting the recent past, sons and daughters of activists who fought against the Brazilian military dictatorship elaborate a view that expose the tensions and paradoxes of a collective effort to rescue their memories, as they politicize the world of affections while showing their personal recollections of the political landscape. The methodology utilized prioritized the review of the visual and sound materials featured in the short film, bringing the aesthetical choices closer to ethical and political issues. In conclusion, I have pointed out that the documentary provides ways to reflect both on the processes of subjective construction arising from the artistic material as well as on the current struggles and contentions around the past.