Risk image: mise-en-scène and the “trocadilo” in Estamira, a documentary
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https://doi.org/10.29397/reciis.v11i2.1205Keywords:
documentary, aesthetics, ethics, feminine, discourse, gender, significance.Abstract
This works invites a reflection on the representations of female identity offered by the documentary ‘Estamira’ under the ‘risk of the real’. Mediated by the camera, the power of the imaginary and collective life build something shared based on what we put in action from ourselves and others. In this mise-en-scéne, the ethics of ‘act(ing)’ the world and the aesthetics of the documentary allow the stories of a wastepicker in Campo Grande (a poor neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro) to prominently display on the screen that which excludes her: handling the waste of others. Those who interact with the protagonist have to deal with the residues of a fragmented, intense discourse in constant flow: these ‘sense pickers’, authors and viewers alike are faced with the decoded keys of her perspective on female identity – what she calls “trocadilo” as she discusses themes such as seduction, patriarchy, gender and maternity.
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