Shared Creation between Filmmaker and Spectator: Rua dos Anjos through a Feminist Reading

Résumé

This article proposes a form of writing that simultaneously intertwines scholarly and essayistic characteristics, drawing upon the analysis of three scenes from the film Rua dos Anjos (2022). The analysis is situated within the field of Feminist Studies and grounded in the research and practice methodology of Shared Creation, emphasising the plural nature of authorship between one of the filmmakers and one of the viewers of the film. The adopted methodology, anchored in Artistic Research, recognises creation as a fundamental epistemological act in which embodied experience plays a central role in the production of knowledge.
The text challenges the traditional structure of academic inquiry by proposing a model wherein a viewer-researcher and a filmmaker-researcher engage in an exchange of knowledge in a process where multiple perspectives contaminate one another in the construction of thought and writing.
Using a feminist perspective that examines how gender and sexuality are shown in movies, the discussion highlights how the female body, in its various expressions, becomes a battleground for ideas, challenging traditional views and broadening the stories told about women by focussing on films made by them. This approach underscores the importance of recognising historically undervalued roles in both film creation and criticism and advocating a more equitable understanding of artistic processes.
By challenging traditional views on motherhood, sexuality, and gender identity, the text offers a critical look at how the filmed body and authorship are understood, breaking away from dominant ideas about film production and proposing that creation can be a way to resist and change meanings.