Character construction in contemporary Brazilian documentaries

This book presents the fundamental basis of the review carried out in the process of preparing a Master's thesis presented and defended in 2013 within the Postgraduate Program in Contemporary Communication and Culture at the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA) on the role and processes of character construction/conduction in documentary cinema with a focus on contemporary Brazilian film production. This connection with national cinema is achieved through the analysis of three works: Santiago by João Moreira Salles; Estamira by Marcos Prado; and Nada con Nadie by Marcos Pimentel.