Constructions of power in the documentary film Maradona, by Emir Kusturica

• Main Author: Ana Maria Acker
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos 2012-11-01
• Series: Verso e Reverso
• Subjects: communication; football; power
• Online Access: http://www.unisinos.br/_diversos/revistas/ojs/index.php/versoereverso/article/view/ver.2012.26.63.03/1174

The article analyzes how the filmmaker Emir Kusturica composes the main character in the documentary Maradona, (2008). The constructions of power around the figure of the player are verified, especially by the authors Pierre Bourdieu, Max Weber and Erving Goffman. The purpose of this paper is to try to understand how the Serbian director explains the Argentine phenomenon in football through out the documentary narrative.