O cinema político de Eduardo Coutinho: Theodorico Bezerra, os trabalhadores de Irapuru e a ditadura civil-militar (década de 1970)

Abstract

This dissertation aims to develop a historic comprehension from a critical reading of the moving picture Theodorico, o imperador do sertão (1978), the actions of its creators, Eduardo Coutinho and his team, the production process of this documentary, which was produced by Globo Repórter, and the movie’s repercussion on the press. This paper also aims to be a reflexion on the civil-military dictatorship as as dimension of exclusion of the workers right to job’s access, a process shown by the historicity of the civil rights movements present at that time.