Visions of Empire — Joana Pontes
Film screening with the director
18.05.2021
ping! — Programa de Incursão à Galeria
Um Elefante no Palácio de Cristal / Encenação do Império Colonial
Schedule
BMAG Auditorium
Schedule
19:00
Admission
Free
Visions of Empire, by Joana Pontes, is a film about the Portuguese colonial empire as it is seen and shown through photography, from the end of the 19th century until the 1974 revolution that put an end to the political regime that ruled Portugal.
With a PhD in History (specialization in Empires, Colonialism and Post-Colonialism), Joana Pontes also studied Psychology at the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences of the University of Lisbon, and Cinema, at the Lisbon Theatre and Film School. From 2004 to 2008, she was advisor to the Program Directorate of the Portuguese public Television (RTP). Currently, she is dedicated to writing and making documentaries. She is professor at the ESCS – School of Social Communication. In 2007, her documentary O Escritor Prodigioso was awarded the Grande Prémio da Lusofonia. She is co-author of the book A Hora da Liberdade (2012).
Photograpy: Renato Cruz Santos
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