Presentation of the book Cinema in Portugal: The Industrial Documentaries
from 1933 to 1985
The book O Cinema em Portugal: Os Documentários Industriais de 1933 a 1985
(Cinema in Portugal: The Industrial Documentaries from 1933 to 1985), written by
Paulo Miguel Martins, will be presented by filmmaker José da Fonseca e Costa at
the Chiado Fnac, on the 12th of December at 6.30 p.m.
This work, published by the INCM, is an in-depth study about a genre of cinema
that aimed to paint a portrait of companies in the industrial sector. The
documentaries revealed several of the country's social, economic and cultural
aspects and represent a vast resource for research.
A lot of filmmakers began their careers by creating art from industry, bringing
technical aspects and aesthetics into line with each other. As a result, this book
contains testimonies and statements by various filmmakers, taken from interviews
conducted by the author, that describe the production process of these types of
films and their contribution to the development of the companies that
commissioned them, as well as the progress of the seventh art.
9 December 2011
IMPRENSA NACIONAL – CASA DA MOEDA, S. A.
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Share Capital: 27,445,000 Legal Entity no. 500792887 Lisbon CRCl no. 9272, on folio 67 v.º of book I - 1