Abstract
This doctoral project seeks to investigate the relations between history, city and cinema from the standpoint of four feature films of the Brazilian movie maker Adirley Queirós (Ceilândia-FD): Is it only one city? (A cidade é uma só?) (2011); Whites leave Blacks stay (Branco sai preto fica) (2014); Once upon a time Brasilia (Era uma vez Brasília) (2017); and Dry woods in flames (Mato sec…