DO CINEMA AO CINEMA EDUCATIVO: AÇÕES NO MUNICÍPIO DE LONDRINA-PR (1949-1969).

Cinema on a global scale is a media that provokes transformations in sociocultural processes and its impact is in different human experiences. In brazilian school education there were initiatives linked to educational cinema, a phenomenon institutionalized in the 1930s in times of Vargas policies and which extended to many municipalities. This article proposes to analyze the experience of educational cinema in the city of Londrina-PR (1949-1969), based on a broader history of educational cinema and cinema itself. As a methodology, it followed the guidelines of Bacellar (2006) and Luca (2021) to treat historical sources. With the study, it is considered that educational cinema in Londrina was in the context of DEPAS (Department of Education and Social Assistance) activities and its actions were aimed at teachers, students, and the broader school community. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]