The fictional and the documentary: two serial narratives about the Kiss Nightclub

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.22533/at.ed.929432408055

• Palavras-chave: narratives, documentary, serial fiction, kiss nightclub, communication.

• Keywords: narratives, documentary, serial fiction, kiss nightclub, communication.

• Abstract:

  The work seeks to discuss the current context of serial narratives produced by streaming platforms. To this end, the concepts of television serialization and narrative complexity support the understanding of two serial productions about the fire at Nightclub Kiss, in the municipality of Santa Maria, in Rio Grande do Sul, which occurred 10 years ago. In January 2023, the following were launched in the same week: the documentary series (in five episodes) entitled “Kiss nightclub: the tragedy of Santa Maria” by Globoplay and the fictional miniseries (in five episodes) called: “Every day the same night: The Kiss nightclub fire”, on Netflix. The methodological path describes the first two episodes of the series and the narrative choices made.