Abstract
Inês Cordeiro Dias analyzes how Welket Bungué uses performance, poetry, and visual essay, among other resources, to ponder on the black peripheral subject in contemporary Portuguese society. In this paper, I analyse the conceptualization and representation of the peripheral subject in Bungué’s short films, paying particular attention to Treino Periférico, Bustagate and Eu Não Sou Pilatus. Bungué defines the peripheral subject as someone who agglutinates within himself diverse cultures and understandings of the surrounding world. The peripheral subject is a global citizen whose idea of home is dissolving. The films in question meditate on this condition in different manners. Treino Periférico is a film essay where two black characters, named Courage and Race, contemplate what it means to be a black body in the periphery of Lisbon. Bustagate is a hybrid short that departs from an episode of police violence against Cláudia Simões, using footage of the episode to reflect on issues of institutionalized racism in Portugal. Eu Não Sou Pilatus is a manifesto against racism.
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