Cinema e memória urbana

Abstract

Approximately seven kilometers from the Plano Piloto in Brasilia, bordering one of the main connecting routes between this area and other cities in the Federal District (DF), is Cidade Estrutural. Its history goes back to the first years of the new capital's existence, when some waste collectors, identifying recycling as a livelihood, settled in the region. Its consolidation process as a city was long and complex. The documentary Estrutural, directed by Webson Dias and released in 2016, uses several sources (photographs, videos, testimonies, public pieces) to try to understand and tell the history of this city. This article aims to weave possible narratives about the formation of the Cidade Estrutural from the dialogue between Dias' film and part of the academic production on this urban occupation. Therefore, an articulation between the concepts of territory, experience and memory will be proposed, understanding how, at the intersections of these concepts, it becomes possible to understand the political and territorial disputes represented in the documentary Estrutural and what city images emerge from these representations.