Santo and Jesus, Metalworkers

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Run time: 57 min
  • Premiere: 1983. April 2.

From its very title, Cláudio Kahns and Antônio Paulo Ferraz's Santo e Jesus, Metalúrgicos is crystal clear about where it stands and about its messianic flair. Through a wordplay with the religious connotation of the names of the two men, murdered during the worker strikes of the late 1970s in São Paulo, it associates sainthood and Christ himself with the working class. That association is reaffirmed throughout the film, from the very beginning, including by a priest. The martyrdom of metalworkers Nelson Pereira de Jesus and Santo Dias da Silva is the starting point to denounce the working conditions faced by factory workers, and the repression which ensues whenever they try to resist them. However, the film also presents us with the 'official' version of the facts, going so far as to feature interviews with the man who killed Nelson. Obviously, it sides with the workers, as it conveys the strength of the oppressed and the impudence of the oppressors.

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Nelson Pereira de Jesus

Self (uncredited)

Art

Sarah Feldman

Title Designer

Camera

Adrian Cooper

Director of Photography

Pedro Farkas

Director of Photography

Zetas Malzoni

Director of Photography

Celso Lucas

Additional Photography

Cláudio Kahns

Additional Photography

Eduardo Poiano

Additional Photography

Roberto Santos Filho

Additional Photography

Uli Bruhn

Additional Photography

Directing

Cláudio Kahns

Director

Editing

Francisco Magaldi

Assistant Editor

Mirella Martinelli

Assistant Editor

Production

Cláudio Kahns

Producer

Suzana Villas Boas

Finishing Producer

Hélio Ferraz

Producer

Art

Sarah Feldman

Title Designer

Camera

Adrian Cooper

Director of Photography

Pedro Farkas

Director of Photography

Zetas Malzoni

Director of Photography

Celso Lucas

Additional Photography

Cláudio Kahns

Additional Photography

Eduardo Poiano

Additional Photography

Roberto Santos Filho

Additional Photography

Uli Bruhn

Additional Photography

Directing

Cláudio Kahns

Director

Editing

Francisco Magaldi

Assistant Editor

Mirella Martinelli

Assistant Editor

Production

Cláudio Kahns

Producer

Suzana Villas Boas

Finishing Producer

Hélio Ferraz

Producer