As personagens negras de Capitães de Areia em cena: diálogo entre literatura, cinema e teatro

Abstract

The research that resulted in the thesis “As personagens negras de Capitães da Areia em cena: diálogos entre literatura, cinema e teatro” analyzed part of the rich universe of one of the biggest Brazilian authors and the adaptation of his books to cinema. Jorge Amado has an intrinsic relationship with the Cultural Industry. Since the 1940s, the writer has lent his works to film. Among them, we chose as the object of study, the book Capitães da Areia, a novel written in the 30s. The novel tells the story of a group of boys abandoned and living in a warehouse by the sea in Salvador. The novel was translated to film in 2011, which was directed by Cecilia Amado, granddaughter of the author. The main cast consists of amateur black teen actors, indicating that the director had a desire for realism in her work. The main focus of this study was the representation of the black personages from the book Capitães de Areia to the movie with the same name, bringing the debate about the archetypes and stereotypes of the black cinema.We do consider that the main focus of this study was reached, since, through the analyzes between the book and the movie, we understood the construction of the personages based on fidelity between movie and book.