Drawing a decolonial turn from a non-Iberian perspective, this essay explores the Brazilian
dystopian audiovisual narrative ‘Medida Provisória’ through the lens of decoloniality, and the
representative symbol of malandragem. In this analysis, the paper aims to subvert the
mainstream locus of enunciation by putting the marginalized identities as the departure point
and analyzing, through a decolonial frame, a different portrayal of malandragem in
audiovisual. Understanding it as an act of resistance ...
Drawing a decolonial turn from a non-Iberian perspective, this essay explores the Brazilian
dystopian audiovisual narrative ‘Medida Provisória’ through the lens of decoloniality, and the
representative symbol of malandragem. In this analysis, the paper aims to subvert the
mainstream locus of enunciation by putting the marginalized identities as the departure point
and analyzing, through a decolonial frame, a different portrayal of malandragem in
audiovisual. Understanding it as an act of resistance towards a society inside the
modernity-coloniality way of thinking, the movie opposes the mainstream perpetuation of the
problematic social classification of people we have settled today. Opening a dialogue
between a decolonial dystopia and a colonial reality narrative, defying the dominant
oppressive order, reinforcing African-Brazilian culture, and embodying a Brasil that can
never be white or European. Malandragem is the response of an invented people that will
keep reinventing themselves to be seen and valued within their terms.
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