André Guiomar’s impressive directorial debut highlights the fragility and corrosion of social housing blocks in Porto and the silenced realities of their residents. Situated on one of the city’s most scenic hills overlooking the river, the Aleixo neighbourhood became an object of interest for political powers and economic visions. Keeping a respectful distance, the film documents its demolition and tells the stories of its residents. We delve into everyday lives in a vibrant quarter, captured in beautiful images and lights that designate sites of displacement and memory. A NOSSA TERRA, O NOSSO ALTAR portrays a community whose sense of belonging has been shattered and celebrates concepts of neighbourhood and solidarity that manifest themselves in crisscrossing clothes lines, birthday parties and barbecues in the stairwells and sharing household chores and childcare in the corridors.
Credits
Cinematography: André Guiomar
Edition: Miguel da Santa, André Guiomar
Producers: André Guiomar, Dinis Henriques, Mafalda Rebelo
Intro
Lecture: Gabu Heindl (architect and urban planner)
(on 14.07.2021 at Arena Wien)
Trailer
Kaleidoskop im Stadtkino
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