Hunger and the Human Right to Adequate Nutrition (HRAN) in Brazilian documentary films

Authors

  • Juliana da Rosa Andrade Silva University of Brasília image/svg+xml
  • Erika Barbosa Camargo Fundação Oswaldo Cruz Brasília, Brasília, Brasil
  • Renata Alves Monteiro University of Brasília image/svg+xml

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51723/ccs.v28i02.230

Keywords:

Food and nutritional insecurity. Human right to adequate nutrition. Hunger. Media analysis, Food and nutritional insecurity, Human right to adequate nutrition, Hunger, Media analysis

Abstract

Introduction: Hunger and malnutrition are no longer prominent themes in contemporary media means. However, many arguments can still be raised about these issues that still persist in the present day of many Brazilians.
Objective: To analyze how Human Right to Adequate Nutrition from the content addressed in documentaries and national journalistic about hunger.
Methods: The study used audiovisual methods in order to perform an analytic‑interpretative cut. It is qualitative in a perspective of documentary analysis, approaching a social reality denounced in television documentaries and journalistic news.
Results: The materials analyzed have in common the approach of delicate subjects that have been approached in a way that causes annoyance in the audience. “Garapa” is a film in a tone of social denunciation, portrayed in an unusual way for contemporary productions, showing the social disorder installed in that scenario and being at last an attempt to humanize hunger. “Peraí, it’s our right” highlights the fact that the Federal Government has signed international treaties guaranteeing the HRAN.
Conclusion: Human rights are imperative to ensure the existence of a dignified life for all. Documentary films are means of dissemination and denunciation to a reality that is often ignored. It is emphasized that in the academic field it is vital that the training of professionals should have a delineation committed in the debate of social issues that deal with beings socially victims of invisibility.

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Author Biographies

  • Juliana da Rosa Andrade Silva, University of Brasília

    Departamento de Nutrição da UnB

  • Erika Barbosa Camargo, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz Brasília, Brasília, Brasil

    Programa de Evidências para Políticas Públicas

  • Renata Alves Monteiro, University of Brasília

    Departamento de Nutrição da UnB

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Published

2018-06-26

Issue

Section

Saúde Coletiva

How to Cite

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Hunger and the Human Right to Adequate Nutrition (HRAN) in Brazilian documentary films. Com. Ciências Saúde [Internet]. 2018 Jun. 26 [cited 2026 Feb. 11];28(02):205-1. Available from: https://revistaccs.espdf.fepecs.edu.br/index.php/comunicacaoemcienciasdasaude/article/view/230

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