From World to Screen: A Survey of Latin American Cinema
A survey of Latin American cinema, analyzed within historical, social, political, and cultural contexts. We will study aesthetic and social forms, questions of identity, women liberation movements, the Cuban Revolution, violence in contemporary Mexican society among other themes. Given the vast production of the region, we are going to focus mainly on films from Cuba and Mexico as well as Colombia, Argentina, Venezuela and the Latin American and Caribbean diasporas in United States. Our objective is to discuss the relevance of each film using the theoretical tools of Cinema Studies, Cultural Studies, History, and Sociology.
Prerequisites: SPAN 221; and SPAN 301 or equivalent expertise in written and spoken Spanish.
Language of Instruction: Spanish