Author bio: Luciana Corrêa de Araújo holds a degree in Social Communication from the Federal University of Pernambuco (1987), a master's degree in Cinema from the University of São Paulo (1994) and a doctorate in Cinema from the University of São Paulo (1999). She did post-doctoral work at the Graduate Program in Multimedia at the University of Campinas (2001-2005). She is currently an adjunct professor at the Federal University of São Carlos. She has experience in the field of Communication, with emphasis in Cinema, studying mainly the following themes: cinema history, Brazilian cinema, silent cinema, film criticism.