On the Eve of the April Revolution and soon after. Censorship of Cinema in Portugal

Abstract

The aim of this essay is to make known and reflect on the censorship proceedings of the Portuguese Censorship Committee on national and foreign films during the last months of dictatorship in Portugal, on the eve of 25 April 1974. The consulted and commented documentation can be found at the National Archives of Torre do Tombo (ANTT), in Lisbon. Which films continued to be censored on the eve of the April Revolution? What subjects continued to be censored the most? Has there been any change of attitude on the part of the Censorship Committee in the last few months of the Marcellist regime? Were there any censored or prohibited films after 25 April 1974? These are some of the questions to which we will try to give an answer.