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MACEDO, Isabel. The Film Ilha da Cova da Moura, the Media and the Permanence of Racism in Society. RLEC/LJCS [online]. 2022, vol.9, n.1, pp.51-66.  Epub 01-Maio-2023. ISSN 2184-0458.  https://doi.org/10.21814/rlec.3756.

Beyond school, political discourse, and cultural products, the media play a central role in young people’s learning process and in the (re)construction of reciprocal representations’. Television, social media, and cinema are pivotal in the diffusion and reification of certain social representations. In this article the narrative of the film Ilha da Cova da Moura (Island of Cova da Moura) by Rui Simões (2010) will be explored, comparing the characters’ testimonies with the outcomes of the interview with the director. This film explores three central themes: (a) the importance of membership and collective mobilisation in the neighbourhood; (b) the idea of belonging to and agency in the community; and (c) prejudice and racial discrimination experienced by inhabitants of the neighbourhood. In this film, the director aims to deconstruct stereotypes attached to the neighbourhood. We argue that this and other films can be important tools for multidimensional and multicultural media literacy. It is important to create spaces during the children’s and young people’s educational process where commonplaces about racism can be discussed and contested. The arts, specifically cinema, play a key role in this process.

Palavras-chave : racism; media; cinema; Ilha da Cova da Moura.

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