LISBON URBAN SEA, A film by José Vieira Mendes and Ricardo Gomes, 2019, 41’56
The Tagus is the Sea of Lisbon: the river, the city, the people, the fish, the resources, the ecosystem and the marine biodiversity.
LISBON URBAN SEA is an environmental documentary about the unique Tagus Estuary, which sparks a debate on the water quality, the marine biodiversity, the future of the city and that of its metropolitan area. The documentary premiered at the Lisbon Oceanarium on September 14, 2019, as part of the Conference ‘The Future of the Planet’, organized by the Francisco Manuel dos Santos Foundation.
International Festivals attended: 12th INT’L KUALUMPUR ECO FILM FESTIVAL, October 2019; 64th Valladolid International Film Week, Cine & Cambio Climático, October 2019.
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GERMAN CONCENTRATES ON THE THIRD ISLAND
GERMAN CONCENTRATES ON THE THIRD ISLAND, A film by José Vieira Mendes
During the First World War, after Germany declared war on Portugal, on March 9, 1916, more than a thousand Germans and Austrians (aged between 16 and 45) who lived in Portugal, and the crews of ships moored at Portuguese and then colonies ports, were taken hostage.
Most of the prisoners with double nationality, Portuguese and German, were sent to Terceira Island in Azores, to the Fort of São João Baptista in Angra do Heroísmo, where 10 years before, Gungunhana had died.
However, despite all the circumstances, it was a very different experience from the German concentration camps during the Second World War. In today’s world, it can even be considered an experience of great tolerance and understanding from the Portuguese political and military institutions of the 1st Republic, as well as from the population and society of Terceira Island. That’s why, instead of being called prisoners, these people were called ‘concentrates’.
The purpose of this documentary is to make known to a wider audience, an episode of the history of the Azores and Terceira Island, practically unknown and not described in any school manual about the History of Portugal.