The institutional documentary for scientific diffusion

Authors

  • Priscila de Almeida Xavier University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1982-677X.rum.2009.51159

Keywords:

History, Butantan Institute, scientific movies, institutional movies, preservation.

Abstract

The article intends to look over the relationship between Cinema and History. It starts by discussing possible kinds of analysis to the field of documentary cinema. It ponders as well about the matter of gender, institutional, scientific or didactic according to the representation a scientific research institution makes of itself through cinema. To such intent, it examines the movie “La mort qui guette” (Belgium, 1952), part of to the permanent archives of Butantan Institute and guarded by the Brazilian Cinemateca for conservation.

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Author Biography

  • Priscila de Almeida Xavier, University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil.
    Master candidate at the PostGraduate Programme in Communication of the University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil. prixavier@yahoo.com.br.

Published

2009-08-08

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