“Outras Revoluções, cinema (2025)” [Other Revolutions, cinema] by Edmundo Cordeiro (org.) | Book

Abstract: “There is a dimension of public celebration in every revolution. As Rousseau wrote, it is a time when “the spectators are the spectacle, when they are the actors, so that each one sees and loves themselves in others”. Even the conflict, the polemos, is colored by this collective exuberance, by a passion that crosses the streets and the imagination.

Anyone who lived through April 25 remembers how difficult it was to go home, how much of life took place along the city streets, in spontaneous assemblies, in voices that would meet and resonate (…).

Cinema participates in this public celebration, giving it a body, letting it pass through it and its objects. It brings everyone together in an excitement that goes beyond stories and narratives, producing a common emotion, a certain political fever, a sign of revolution.

From the Introduction by Jorge Sobrado / José Bragança de Miranda”

The “Other Revolutions” film cycle was part of the “Revolution, Now!” programme, which celebrated the 50th anniversary of April 25 based on the pillars of “participation, thought, poetry and image”. The cycle was organized by Edmundo Cordeiro, a member of Passeio. Now in book format, the publication features a series of essays on each film presented during the cycle, including an essay by Helena Pires, Passeio’s coordinator, about the film «Zabriskie Point (1970)», by Michelangelo Antonioni.

The book is now available, in portuguese, in bookstores such as WOOK and Fnac.

ANO

2025

EDITORES

Edmundo Cordeiro