Pixote: a aula que não podemos perder

Abstract

Films are made of aesthetic, political, philosophical and pedagogical strength that can entertain, announce, report ou reveal something. Through them we can know, comprehend and analyze life, powers, social relations and cultural structures. Pixote, a Lei do Mais Fraco, by Héctor Babenco (1980), is transformed into a real class. Why should it be studied in the Pedagogy Course? What is its analytical/ pedagogical power to comprehend the abandoned childhood? How can this film assist teacher’s training? Our study positions itself in the methodological possibilities of the cartographic plan. The film is transformed into a class that no one should miss because complex concepts of childhood, abandoned childhood, inequality, social injustice, class struggles, violence against children and capitalism pass through our eyes in form of images. Through images, the film arouses a symptom: public policies to support childhood and deep structural economic changes are needed in politics and education. The film shows that there is an absent childhood in teacher’s training, but that is still present in Brazilian society.