The exhibition of Cine Jornal Informativo (1946-1954)

• Grant number: 25/12256-7
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: September 01, 2025
• End date: August 31, 2027
• Field of knowledge: Applied Social Sciences - Communications - Visual Communication
• Principal Investigator: Arthur Autran Franco de Sá Neto
• Grantee: Lucas Henrique Mercadante Carraro
• Host Institution: Centro de Educação e Ciências Humanas (CECH). Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCAR). São Carlos , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 22/06032-0 - Audio-visual, history and preservation: the role of the Brazilian cinema and television newsreels in the construction of the memory (1946-1974), AP.TEM

Abstract

This project proposes to investigate issues related primarily to the distribution and exhibition of Cine Jornal Informativo from 1946, when its first editions began circulating, until 1954, without overlooking, within the same timeframe, aspects of the critical reception of this newsreel produced by the Agência Nacional, an agency of the Ministério da Justiça e Negócios Interiores. This research will focus on collecting primary information from archives such as the Hemeroteca Digital of the Biblioteca Nacional, the Cinemateca Brasileira, and the Arquivo Nacional, as well as conducting qualitative and quantitative analyses of these materials, supported theoretically by scholars such as Anita Simis, André Gatti, Jean-Claude Bernardet, José Inácio de Melo Souza, and Rodrigo Archangelo. Ultimately, the collection, organization, and interpretation of this data will form a work that contributes to building a more significant repertoire on newsreels in Brazil-particularly Cine Jornal Informativo and, above all, its dissemination. While addressing the ideological influence of this and similar films remains crucial, such discussions risk fragility without concrete evidence of how widely they actually reached audiences.