Cinema São Luiz: entre histórias, reformas e exibições (2007 a 2019).

Abstract

Cinema São Luiz, located in the center of Recife, is a facility for presentations and artistic and cultural expressions, especially feature-length cinematographic works. In this research, the history of this cinema is discussed, opened in 1952 and operating uninterruptedly until 2007, when, in the following year, it was made patrimonial by the Government of Pernambuco, as it was considered a place of expression of Pernambuco culture, present in sociocultural and cultural life and representative of the identity and collective memory of Recife residents. This cinema became a space dedicated to showing films, holding cultural events and audiovisual festivals, a place for exchanging ideas and experiences and providing diversity and accessibility, demonstrating the importance of cultural practices and representations in Pernambuco. Given this importance, this research aims to record the history of Cinema São Luiz through the investigation of its trajectory, taking as a time frame the period from 2007 to 2019. It is based on articles from the main newspapers circulating in the State of Pernambuco and the websites that covered events shown at the aforementioned cinema. This study will provide, as a product, a digital memorial, reporting the history of this cinema, as well as the main films and festivals that took place in this space after its patrimonialization.