Abstract

PEREIRA, Lara Rodrigues. The creation of the National Institute of Educational Cinema in the Vargas Era: debates and exchanges of ideas. Cad. Hist. Educ. [online]. 2021, vol.20, e025.  Epub Jan 29, 2022. ISSN 1982-7806.  https://doi.org/10.14393/che-v20-2021-25.

This article covers the creation of the National Institute of Educational Cinema (INCE), an institution founded during the first Vargas government and launched in 1936. Roquette-Pinto’s assignment as INCE’s managing director was put into context throughout the article, something that helped explain certain scientific aspects in INCE’s films. My research sources are excerpts from the Decree no 21.240, of April 1932, which laid the groundwork for the institute, articles signed by filmmaker Humberto Mauro in the magazine A Cena Muda, as well as speech snippets from political authorities and education experts at the time. These sources pointed to the alignment between educational cinema and political propaganda, but also brought to the surface elements imbued by a Catholic-based morality, whose premise was to shape the cinematic narratives produced by the Brazilian cinema of the period, especially the educational one.

Keywords : INCE; Educational cinema; Political Propaganda; Age Vargas.

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