Towards an entangled history of cinema: the Filmogramas of Silvino Santos and Agesilau de Araújo (1927-1929)

Abstract

This article discusses the family and domestic film practices of the early 20th century in light of the collection of Filmogramas (1927-1929) attributed to the Luso-Brazilian filmmaker Silvino Santos (1886-1970). The films of this series offer a record of the sojourn in Lisbon of the family of Agesilau de Araújo (1888-
-1976), established in Manaus. Based on viewings made in the Portuguese and Brazilian Cinematheques, I employ film analysis methods, interviews and archival research to examine the place these images – and the social practices associated to them – occupied both in Santos’s professional trajectory and in the Araújo family.