O cinema do SPN/SNI – o ideal de Ferro, a realidade de chumbo

• Author(s): Ribeiro, Carla
• Date: 2011
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/1549
• Origin: Repositório Científico do Instituto Politécnico do Porto
• Subject(s): Cinema; Propaganda; António Ferro; Secretariado de Propaganda Nacional; Estado Novo
• Document Type: Conference Object
• Language: Portuguese

Description

In Europe, the first half of the twentieth century was characterize by the rise of authoritarian regimes that used cinema as a propaganda tool for the prosecution and consolidation of political power. Indeed, film conveyed images, symbols, myths to an extent and strength that no other media had. In Portugal, the 1930 and 1940’s represent one of the most significant phases, either because of the introduction/strengthening of the technology of sound cinema, whether by the action of the Secretariado Nacional de Propaganda, the propaganda instrument of Estado Novo. Among the multitude of ways that this organization resorted to spread the political message of Estado Novo, cinema in particular aroused the attention of its director, António Ferro, as a preferred mean of communication with the masses. This communication seeks to examine the role played by António Ferro in the national film scene. It intends to determine the nature and direction of his cinematographic vision, i.e., his ethical and aesthetic assumptions, firstly, and secondly, its political action towards the portuguese film industry, as director of the SPN / SNI, under the tutelage of Oliveira Salazar.