摘要：This study discusses the documentary film Lisboetas , by Sérgio Tréfaut (Indie Lisboa Prize, 2004) as a case study of political activism and ethical commitment to confront the negative public image of immigrant communities in the eyes of host nations. In this case, Tréfaut analyses the situation of immigrants in the Portuguese society. However, this film is relevant to get a wider insight on several issues related to immigration into “fortress Europe.” To begin with, it is a good example of an investment in the political power of represented subjectivities as a means to invite identification between audiences and immigrants’ stories. Secondly, through a strategy of confrontation with concrete social practices regarding immigrants, Tréfaut deconstructs three myths: the impending security threat; the lazy accommodation to the welfare state; and the representation of immigrant communities as people in transit.This film subverts the obvious identification of Lisboetas with Portuguese citizens, inscribing in the landscape of the capital the presence of other communities, and other forms of effective citizenship. Who are the 500.000 people who live in Lisbon but are not Portuguese? How do these communities see the Portuguese? How are they seen by the Portuguese?
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