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The Historical Materialism of the Arrow Against the Clock

The Historical Materialism of the Arrow Against the Clock

2023 · 26 min · Documentary

Film poem based on the theses “On the concept of history” (1940) by Walter Benjamin. Brazilian indigenous peoples in records from 1917 and 1922 and in anti-fascist demonstrations from 2022; the Palestinian cause in 1948 and in 2022; shots against the clock fired by French revolutionaries in July 1830 and arrows against the clock (commemorating the 500th anniversary of discovery) fired by the original Brazilian peoples in April 2000.

Directed by Carlos Adriano

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