… Pela Razão Que Têm!

… Pela Razão Que Têm! 1976 Directed by José Nascimento

Shortly after the fall of the Salazar dictatorship, in the early days of PREC, one of the first land occupations in the liberated country took place in the village of Quebradas (near Rio Maior). It was the first Basista occupation of that period. Soon after recovering the "land that was ours and was stolen from us", the workers elected a committee and formed a co-operative. There's a sense that the class struggle has reached its peak. …PELA RAZÃO QUE TÊM! is a rare case of a re-enactment documentary, in which the peasants themselves reenact the remarkable events of this claim, just after 25 November, when many of these operations were being reversed.

Country Portugal

Production Country Portugal

Language Portuguese

Spoken Language Portuguese

Gnere Documentary

Production Company Cinequipa

Release Date 1 January 1976

39 mins