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Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Artes (IA) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
Alfredo Suppia is an associate professor at the State University of Campinas (Unicamp), São Paulo, Brazil, in the fields of film history and film theory. He is the author of several articles and book chapters on Brazilian cinema, Latin-American cinemas, science fiction, scientific film, film genres, screenplay: theory and practice, film history and film theory, world cinemas, independent filmmaking, video games, Brazilian literature and modern literature. Alfredo Suppia is the author of books such as The Replicant Metropolis: Constructing a dialogue between Metropolis and Blade Runner (Juiz de Fora: University of Juiz de Fora Press, 2011), and Rarefied Atmosphere: Science Fiction in Brazilian Cinema (São Paulo: Devir, 2013). He also co-edited the book Red Alerts: Marxist Approaches to Science Fiction Cinema (Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2016). (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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This research project aims to develop first analytical parameters for the study of the body in Brazilian audiovisual works made in 2010s, primarily in productions starring or directed by historical subjects who are victims of class, race and ethnic violence. As far as we know, the centrality of social issues in such cinematography limited previous research to thematic analysis and, conseq…
This project proposes to discuss the issue of brazilian independent cinema in the period between the First São Paulo Congress of Cinema (1952) and the creation of Ancine (2001), mapping the debate and ideas developed by the brazilian filmmakers, movie critics, and by the State in order to identify the transformations of independent film thinking throught the history of brazilian cinema.Al…
The research aims to reflect on the contemporary Brazilian documentaries that use humor to address social issues such as indigenous peoples, social inequality, police violence, sexism, among other topics. The objective is to analyze aspects related with the creation process, the modes that this social issues are approached and portrayed, and the exhibition / reception of these works that …
This project presents the expected contributions from the research internship at Duke University to the postdoctoral research I am conducting at the Unicamp Arts Institute (FAPESP 21/02448-5). The research proposes to elaborate parameters for the analysis of the interface between body and social experience in independent Brazilian audiovisual (2014-2022). The interest lies in works in whi…
Considered as a "barometer" of social, political, economic and cultural tensions and contradictions in the country (Ginway, 2004), Brazilian science fiction provides an interesting and eloquent interface for the investigation of national memory and identity, with its multiple cultural crossroads and mixed feelings towards modernity and Western values. The main purpose of this project is t…
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