Sinopse
Filmado com a mesma câmera e os restos de película de Douro, Faina Fluvial, retrata a inauguração da Central Hidro-Eléctrica de Ermal, no Rio Ave. A central foi fundada em janeiro de 1932, pelo pai de Manoel de Oliveira, Francisco José de Oliveira, um industrial que soube enxergar antecipadamente a importância da energia elétrica numa época em que ela era ainda considerada um luxo. Foi o primeiro fabricante de lâmpadas elétricas em Portugal. Após a sua estréia comercial em 1938, Hulha Branca foi considerado filme perdido. Só voltou a circular em 1998, após sua restauração pela Cinemateca Portuguesa.
Veja os horários na Seleção Manoel de Oliveira 1
Filmed with the same camera, with passages taken from Working on the Douro River, the film focuses on the inauguration of the Ermal hydroelectric plant on the river Ave. The plant was founded in January 1932 by Manoel de Oliveira?s father, Francisco José de Oliveira, an entrepreneur who was able to foresee the importance of electrical power at a time in which it was still regarded as a luxury. He was the first manufacturer of electric light bulbs in Portugal.
After Hulha Branca was shown for the first time in 1938, the film was believed lost, and became available for circulation only in 1998, after it was restored by Cinemateca Portuguesa.
