Excerpts from a lecture by Silvio Tendler: archives, authorship and the reconstruction of history in Brazilian documentary film

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https://doi.org/10.34640/ct11uma2026fernandes1

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Silvio Tendler, memory, Brazilian cinema, archival cinema

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This text pays tribute to the filmmaker, lecturer and historian Silvio Tendler, who passed away in 2025 and left behind a career marked by a commitment to Brazil’s memory and history. By linking cinema, memory and history as a critical project to reconstruct Brazil’s past, the text presents excerpts from a workshop led by the director, highlighting his understanding of the archive as a field of contested meanings. It thus highlights his pedagogy of the archive as a political-aesthetic practice geared towards historical rewriting and critical intervention in the present.

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Tendler, S. (2015, maio). Oficina de cinema de arquivo [Oficina/curso]. Centro Cultural Sesc Glória, Vitória, ES, Brasil. Transcrição realizada pelo autor.

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2026-08-12

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Fernandes, F. (2026). Excerpts from a lecture by Silvio Tendler: archives, authorship and the reconstruction of history in Brazilian documentary film. Cinema & Território, 2(11), 16–20. https://doi.org/10.34640/ct11uma2026fernandes1

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Vol. 2 No. 11 (2026): AUTHORSHIP VS ALGORITHMS | Cinematic Authorship

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