Work & cinema: cultural correlations in the film analysis of “7 prisoners”

Abstract

The cinema, in addition to portraying experiences of historical periods, can also be understood as an educational medium revealing possibilities for the development of the critical perspective of film analysis. Furthermore, it is a cultural source that can condition and constitute dimensions of social structures. Due to the relevance of cinema in the understanding of these dimensions, we propose to study and discuss the work category and the relations of precariousness of work and life in Brazil, alienation and the commodification of the worker through the film analysis of the film “Seven prisoners” (2021). For that, excerpts from the film were chosen, which were analyzed from the theoretical references of authors such as Marx (1818-1883) and Williams (1921-1988). Among the main contributions of this article, we highlight the possibility of approaching and dialoguing the fields of Work Relations and Cinema, through the method of film analysis of Cultural Studies by Williams as an instrument of theoretical-empirical analysis.