This written work reports the elaboration process of a documentary,
ratified as the product of an experimental project for the conclusion of the course
Journalism course at Unifap, about the journalistic coverage of the tragedy of the
Novo Amapá, which happened on January 6, 1981. The documentary relates, through the
the memories of journalists, survivors and soldiers, the backstage of the journalistic coverage
the tragedy at the time by Rádio Nacional, TV Amapá, and the printed newspapers of Macapá and even
newspapers in Macapá and even in Brazil. This event victimized hundreds of people on the Cajari River
Cajari River, on the border between the Amapa municipality of Laranjal do Jarí and the Para municipality of Monte Dourado.
municipality of Monte Dourado. The work of the journalists was of extreme importance
to inform Brazil and especially the Amapaense community about the dimension of the
tragedy, which until the arrival of the journalists was still unknown.
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