Fernando Meirelles is a director, producer and screenwriter. In 2000, with Nando Olival, Meirelles co-directed the film Maids. This was followed by City of God (2002), which received more than…Read More >
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Lúcia Nagib – ‘Colonialism as Atmosphere in “Tabu” and “The Murmuring Coast”‘
This presentation for the ‘Liberation Struggles: The “Falling of the Empire” and the Birth (Through Images) of the African Nations’ Conference took place on 27 January 2016 at the University…Read More >
Maria do Carmo Piçarra – ‘Colonial Reflections’
‘Colonial Reflections: Aleph as an Action-Research Platform to Criticize Colonial Imaginaries’ This presentation for the ‘Liberation Struggles: The “Falling of the Empire” and the Birth (Through Images) of the African…Read More >
Debate: ‘Horse Money’, a film by Pedro Costa
A discussion between Professor Lúcia Nagib (director of CFAC, University of Reading) and Professor José Manuel Costa (director of Cinemateca Portuguesa, Museu do Cinema) following a screening of ‘Horse Money’…Read More >
Panel 1: (De)constructing the Projection of African Nations Through Cinema
This section of the ‘Liberation Struggles: The “Falling of the Empire” and the Birth (Through Images) of the African Nations’ Conference took place on 27 January 2016 at the University…Read More >
Panel 2: Memory and Gazes Upon the “Colonial Archive”
This section of the ‘Liberation Struggles: The “Falling of the Empire” and the Birth (Through Images) of the African Nations’ Conference took place on 27 January 2016 at the University…Read More >
Daniel Barroca – ‘Drawing and Undrawing Images and Memories’
This section of the ‘Liberation Struggles: The “Falling of the Empire” and the Birth (Through Images) of the African Nations’ Conference took place on 27 January 2016 at the University…Read More >
Jacques Rancière – ‘Cinema and the Frontiers of Art’ (CFAC Inaugural Lecture)
This lecture took place on 2 May 2014 at the University of Reading. Abstract: Ars gratia artis, the three words written on the scroll surrounding the head of the roaring…Read More >
Dudley Andrew – ‘André Bazin’s Dark Passage’ (CFAC Public Lecture)
This lecture took place on 21 October 2014 at the University of Reading, UK. Abstract: Bazin’s philosophy of cinema can be linked on one side to his association with actual…Read More >