No. 37 (2024): Images, testimonies and archives: the cinematic representation of genocides, massacres and dictatorships

The papers in the dossier, organised by Gilda Bevilacqua and Lior Zylberman, analyse how cinema, since its invention, has documented and shaped imaginaries about these events, being used both to raise awareness and to influence collective memory. Throughout the 20th century, films and documentaries became crucial instruments for historical analysis and understanding. The issue highlights the ethical, aesthetic and cognitive challenges in the representation of mass violence. The issue also features 10 interviews with Brazilian historians on the 60th anniversary of the 1964 civil-military coup.