STRUCTURAL RACISM AND STIGMA IN THE SHORT-FILM MASS INCARCERATION: BRAZILIAN PRISON SYSTEM TRAGEDY (2017) , BY RICARDO ELIAS

A tragédia prisional brasileira (2017), de Ricardo Elias

Authors

  • Cilene Pereira Unicamp
  • Patrick Vitório da Silva UNIFAL-MG

Keywords:

: população carcerária; egressos do sistema prisional; estigma; racismo estrutural; curta-metragem.

Abstract

This study aims at presenting, from a film-descriptive point of view of the short-film: Mass incarceration: Brazilian prison system tragedy (2017), directed by Ricardo Elias and produced by TVPUC-SP, the representation of the prison system population and of those egress from prison, highlighting the stigmatization process (GOFFMAN, 1988), which takes place and to the materialization of structural violence, founded on social inequalities and on structural racism (ALMEIDA, 2018).  This study is about qualitative, bibliographical research, which allows an interpretative reading of a film (VANOYE; GOLIOT-LÉTE, 2012), of expositive-documentary kind (NICHOLS, 2012), considered, here, in its materiality. With the purpose of building ascendent discursive narrative, referring to the testimony of four prisoners egressed from the system, the film shows Emerson, a young man chosen not only for his past in prison, but by the establishment of psychosocial and professional bonds. Thus, the short film builds a view that (1) condemns mass incarceration, (2) points at the possibility of breaking up with that logic through resocialization and education.

Author Biography

  • Patrick Vitório da Silva, UNIFAL-MG

    Bacharel Interdisciplinar em Ciência e Economia, formado pela Universidade Federal de Alfenas, Campus de Varginha. 

Published

2024-04-18

How to Cite

Pereira, C., & Silva, P. V. da. (2024). STRUCTURAL RACISM AND STIGMA IN THE SHORT-FILM MASS INCARCERATION: BRAZILIAN PRISON SYSTEM TRAGEDY (2017) , BY RICARDO ELIAS: A tragédia prisional brasileira (2017), de Ricardo Elias. Revista (Entre Parênteses), 12(2). https://publicacoes.unifal-mg.edu.br/revistas/index.php/entreparenteses/article/view/2087

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