Latin American Film

• Credit value: 30 credits at Level 5
• Convenor: Professor John Kraniauskas
• Assessment: a 1500-word commentary, 1500-word critical review and 2500-word essay

In this module you will be introduced to a variety of Latin American cinemas from approximately the 1940s to the present. Attention will be paid to different traditions of film-making as well as to the changing contexts in which films are produced in Mexico, Chile, Bolivia, Argentina and Brazil - including the ways in which Latin America has been represented by certain 'maverick' Hollywood 'auteurs' such as Orson Welles and Sam Peckinpah.

You will look at such film movements and traditions as the Mexican 'Golden Age' of film (Emilio 'el Indio' Fernandez), Argentine 'art' cinema (Leopoldo Torres Nilsson), 'third' and 'imperfect' cinemas (Glauber Rocha of Brazil; Tomás Guitérrez Alea of Cuba; Jorge Sanjinés of Bolivia) and more contemporary works of 'world cinema' such as Amores perros (Mexico) and City of God (Brazil). In addition, you will also be introduced to the language of film criticism.

This module will be taught in English. There is no language requirement other than English.