Protest and Pleasure: The Politics of Latin American Cinema

3 units

Latin American Cinema has been an important vehicle for the discussion and fostering of social change in this continent. Revisiting the main creative currents and theoretical formulations about the social role of cinema will help us understand the ways in which the cinematic image can address the revollution, confront authoritarianism and criticize neoliberal democracies. This graduate seminar emphasizes the acquisition of the concepts and tools for cinematographic analysis as well as the reflection on the historical evolution, production, distribution, and consumption of cinema during key periods in Cuba, Argentina, Mexico, and Brazil.