ABSTRACT
The high concentration of cinemas has often exemplified a city’s cultural offerings; and urban life has been a central concern of the films themselves. As pointed out by David Clarke, “Indeed, whilst the histories of film and the city are imbricated to such an extent that it is unthinkable that the cinema could have developed without the city, and whilst the city has been unmistakably shaped by the cinematic form, neither film nor urban studies has paid the warranted attention to their connection” (Clarke 1997: 1). Recently, Brazilian films have also been an important mechanism for helping audiences at home and abroad to perceive and better understand the city’s role in perpetuating social injustice.
