Course description:
This course is an IN PERSON (I) discussion-intensive, interdisciplinary class that will cover ideas, events and aesthetics that have shaped the modern and contemporary Latin American film production. A selection of the most significant works by major filmmakers will be studied in the context of historical and socio-political developments from 1950’s to the present time. Through an examination of relevant films, the course will present an overview of the historical themes and cultural tensions arising in Latin America during the last 70 years.
We will search for answers to the following questions: How and why have representations of the Latin American experience changed overtime? How are political, social and economic events influencing artistic representations? How do national identities and cultural projects are shaped in the Latin American context? What alternative cultural representations have emerged from the gazes of contemporary Latin American filmmakers?
- Teacher: Luis Pena