Queremos as ondas do ar ENG

“Queremos as ondas do Ar!”

We want the airwaves
“We Want the Airwaves!” is a campaign film for freedom in telecommunications.

in a conceptual way, the film questions the monopoly of the state and its authority to grant permission to broadcast telecommunications. it points out alternative television and radio experiences that propose new relationships through greater democratization of the means of expression, communication, information: radio patrol (free radio from the city of santo andré in são paulo), tv viva (community television from olinda in pernambuco) and radio venceremos (free radio of the guerrillas of el salvador that was in charge of broadcasting during the civil war).

on the soundtrack, musical references on radio such as “radio 4” by the english band public image limited, the aggressive rock of the ramones (we want the air waves), the brazilian punk rock of the band garotos podres (anarquia oi) and cólera (vivo na cidade and nabro 3).

as a counterpoint throughout the film, we see the action of dentel (national department of telecommunications, the federal agency that regulates and supervises all telecommunications emissions in brazil), which tracks pirate waves to suppress them.