Contagious Cinema: Mosquitoes, Infrastructure, and Urban Dwelling in Temporada

abstract: This article examines the aesthetic and political implications of mosquito control work in Temporada ( Long Way Home , 2018) by Brazilian filmmaker André Novais Oliveira. Following the path of mosquito control workers as they follow the path of mosquitoes, Temporada connects intimate stories of household care to inequalities of urban infrastructure and environmental degradation. Drawing on debates in multispecies cinema, infrastructure studies, and social reproduction theory, this article argues that the film creates a contagious cinematic aesthetic and practice that accounts for cinema's implication in the unequal flow of images, technology, and bodies in Brazil's urban peripheries.