Donos de seu próprio tempo: percepções sobre autonomia e liberdade nos discursos e práticas dos trabalhadores retratados em Estou me Guardando para Quando o Carnaval Chegar

Abstract

The documentary Waiting for the Carnival (2019) portrays the local production of jeans in the city of Toritama-PE, which has gained prominence in the Brazilian clothing sector and earned the nickname "Jeans Capital." Toritama's workers exemplify the contemporary dynamics of labor: a high degree of informality, home-based work, and outsourcing. With the intensification of self-employment and flexible production, this research examines the perceptions of autonomy and freedom embedded in the discourses and practices of the workers depicted in the documentary. The aim is to analyze the meanings and significance they associate with these terms based on their experiences. Addressing themes of precariousness, subcontracting, entrepreneurship, and the deterritorialization of production, we investigate a context that, while specific to its locality, reflects ongoing dynamics in the current Brazilian labor landscape. Methodologically, our approach is grounded in a global critical analysis of the film, the content of the interviews depicted, and the narrative provided by the director.