The Protagonism of Venezuelan Migrant Women in the Documentary Short Film Hermanos, Aqui Estamos (2021) by Jade Rainho

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https://doi.org/10.21814/rlec.5753

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Venezuelan migrants, representation, short film, communication

Abstract

The text analyses the elements that make up the reality of Venezuelan migrants, who narrate their stories in the short documentary Hermanos, Aqui Estamos (Brothers, Here We Are; 2021). Using thematic analysis as a methodology (Braun & Clarke, 2006), with an inductive and contextualized approach, we identified five narrative groups for the 12 subjects of the documentary short film. We identified three themes and seven sub-themes from the research corpus: introducing the subjects (who are they? how did they get here?); migrating (why are they here? difficult choices; work) and feelings (about the country of origin; about being a migrant). We analysed the documentary short film by discussing the relationship between communication and the migrant condition, based on ElHajji (2018), and subalternity and representation, according to Spivak (1988/2010). Thus, it was concluded that this documentary production is of great importance because it opens up a space for migrant women to tell their own stories and reach other people, including other Venezuelan migrants. In this way, the short documentary Hermanos, Aqui Estamos (2021) preserves the memory of these women, working both as a communication tool and as an exposé of the problems that society and the Brazilian state must address in order to properly welcome and include them.

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Emile Botelho, Faculdade de Comunicação e Artes, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, Brazil

Emile Nicole Botelho Rodrigues dos Santos has a degree in Social Communication with a major in Advertising from the Federal University of Mato Grosso (2023) and was awarded the University Laureate at her graduation ceremony. She was a member of the Projeto de Extensão em Rádio e Podcast between 2019 and 2021 and the Laboratório de Estudos e Observação sobre Publicidade, Comunicação e Sociedade between 2020 and 2021. She is a member of the Grupo de Pesquisa Morada: Comunicação, Cultura, Cidadania e Migração. She was awarded a scientific initiation scholarship between 2022 and 2023 under the guidance of Professor Cristóvão Domingos and the co-supervision of Professor Alessandro Felippe. She undertook academic mobility program at the University of Beira Interior in Portugal during her degree (2022) and received several student awards for the productions she collaborated on, such as the RUBRA Award. She is interested in research on digital media, sport, politics, migration and culture.

Alessandro Mateus Felippe, Centro de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Brazil

Alessandro Mateus Felippe is a psychoanalyst in training at Centro de Estudos de Terapia e Psicanálise. He is a PhD candidate in Communication, at Federal University of Santa Maria; master in Clothing and Fashion Design, Federal University of Santa Catarina; specialist in Startup, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Centro Universitário Internacional; graduated in Social Communication with a major in Advertising, Federal University of Pampa. He was a Social Communication substitute professor with a major in Advertising (Federal University of Mato Grosso) in 2020 and 2021. He is a founding partner of Fio.Propaganda and a member of the following research projects O que Ensina a Publicidade? Possibilidades e Desafios na Apropriação Crítica e Criativa do Texto Publicitário, at the Federal University of Mato Grosso; Laboratório de Investigação em Imagem: O Estado da Arte de Pesquisas Contemporâneas (Federal University of Santa Maria); Morada: Comunicação, Cultura, Cidadania de Migração (Federal University of Mato Grosso); Nós — Pesquisa Criativa (Federal University of Santa Maria); além do projeto de extensão 4C — Observatório e Laboratório de Marcas da Quarta Colônia (Federal University of Santa Maria).

Cristóvão Domingos de Almeida, Faculdade de Comunicação e Artes, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, Brazil

Cristóvão Domingos de Almeida is a professor in the Postgraduate Program in Communication and the Postgraduate Program in the Study of Contemporary Culture at the Federal University of Mato Grosso. He has a post-doctorate in Communication and Consumer Practices, a doctorate in Communication and Information from Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, and a master’s degree in Education from the University of Vale do Rio dos Sinos. He has a degree in Public Relations from the Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas. Leader of Morada: Comunicação, Cultura, Cidadania e Migração research group; deputy leader of the CRIANEGRA: Cultura, Comunicação e Educação; integrates the following research groups: Multimundos; Educação Direitos Humanos e Fronteira e Relações de Fronteira: História, Política e Cultura na Tríplice Fronteira Brasil, Argentina e Uruguai. He works in the field of social communication with an emphasis on migration, citizenship, communication, media consumption and cultural practices.

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2024-12-18

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Botelho, E., Mateus Felippe, A., & Domingos de Almeida, C. (2024). The Protagonism of Venezuelan Migrant Women in the Documentary Short Film Hermanos, Aqui Estamos (2021) by Jade Rainho. Lusophone Journal of Cultural Studies, 11(2), e024019. https://doi.org/10.21814/rlec.5753

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Vol. 11 No. 2 (2024): Migration, Communication and Activism: Experiences and Debates

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Thematic articles

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