Cinema and human rights (of women): feeling and thinking empowered

Abstract

In this article, we report the experience of an extension project called “Ciclo de Estudos e Cine-debates entre o DiHCA (UNIFAL) e o NADIR (USP)”, with emphasis on the third of four meetings whose theme was gender violence. Both in the project and in this text, the objectives of presenting cinema as a pedagogical resource in the dissemination of human rights and promoting the use of the Brazilian documentary “Silêncio das Inocentes” for discussions on violence against women converge. The project proved to be powerful both by the theoretical-political response promoted by the meetings and by the involvement of students, becoming a protective factor in pandemic times which we hope will be extended to other audiences who read this text.

Keywords:
Extension project; Cinema; Human rights (of women)