As camadas da cortina de bambu: reflexão sobre o processo de criação de um documentário

Abstract

This dissertation presents a reflection on the process of the cinematographic creation of the film "Bamboo wall revisited" (working title), a documentary project that seeks to address the memories and their reworkings of former inmates of Colony Padre Damião, institution that focused on the treatment of Hansen's disease ('leprosy') in Ubá, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The title alludes to the bamboo grove that isolated the colony from the rest of the world and could not be transposed by the inmates. In this reflection, we focus primarily on issues related to the construction of identities, and on the potential - and the limitations - of the audiovisual as a space for memory in action.