Where is political cinema today? Three days to start recovering our memory

Where has political cinema gone? The article poses this question, lamenting its apparent disappearance by contrasting the present with a vibrant 1976 International Film Festival of Intervention. This past event, held over nine days at Estoril's Congress Pavilion, showcased more than 150 films.

The festival focused on critical themes such as colonialism, racism, decolonized Africa, Latin America, fascism, and repression. It presented a global solidarity through cinema, featuring directors like Helvio Soto, Patricio Guzmán, Jorge Sangines, and Chris Marker. The program also included films from the Slon production collective, René Vautier, Joris Ivens, A. Medvedkine, and Jean-Luc Godard's fiction "Les Carabiniers."

The author implicitly calls for a revival of this politically engaged cinema, suggesting a need to recover this lost memory. The article concludes by emphasizing the crucial role of readers in sustaining the newspaper Público's contribution to democratic and civic life, urging subscription.