Latin American Cinema

3 Credits · Level: Undergraduate

Arriving barely six months after its public unveiling in Paris, the cinema spread quickly throughout Latin America, becoming part of a cultural landscape that was constantly and radically evolving. Being both part of yet separate from Euro-American culture, filmmaking in Latin America consistently kept up a healthy dialogue with trends in world cinema, interpreting approaches and styles—neorealism, melodrama, modernism, cinéma verité, postmodernism—in unique and often revealing ways. Featured filmmakers include Luis Buñuel, Glauber Rocha, Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Raúl Ruiz and Lucrecia Martel.