Ir e vir: fluxos e dilemas da juventude do Assentamento Menino Jesus, em Chorozinho (CE)

Abstract

This technical report presents the production process of the documentary “Coming and Going: Flows and Dilemmas of the Youth of the Menino Jesus Settlement, in Chorozinho (CE)”, from the research stages to the finalization of the audiovisual product. Using a journalistic approach, the documentary follows the stories of Lairton Santiago, a young son of settlers who currently works in a shoe factory in the neighboring city of Horizonte. The documentary uses his story as a starting point for reflecting on the meanings of permanence, departure, and belonging in rural settlements, in the context of rural youth. To inform these reflections, quantitative field research was conducted with 25 young people (19 men and 6 women) from the Menino Jesus settlement, which allowed for mapping the profiles, perceptions, and intentions of permanence or exodus of this group, providing data for the production's narrative choices. The settlement, located between the municipalities of Cascavel and Chorozinho (CE), is a territory marked by popular achievements, but also by structural and socioeconomic challenges that directly affect local youth. Through interviews, audiovisual recordings, and theoretical foundations, the work investigates the factors that shape the rural youth exodus, as well as the absences and weaknesses of public policies aimed at ensuring the dignified permanence of these youth in rural areas. In addition to testimonies from Lairton, his mother, and his father, the work features statements from representatives of the Ceará Institute for Agrarian Development (Idace), the National Institute for Colonization and Agrarian Reform (Incra/CE), and two researchers who discuss rural youth and rural settlements. The documentary thus proposes itself as a tool for listening, reflecting, and valuing youth experiences, articulating images, sounds, and narratives that highlight the contradictions, desires, and potential of living (or not) in rural areas.