This course will focus on the major trends within the Latin American cinematic tradition. Topics covered include silent film, anthropology and the documentary mode, New Latin American Cinema, the ‘Backlands’ Brazilian film, films inspired by the Cuban Revolution and General Pinochet’s Coup, 21st century Peruvian film, the ‘English’ Latin American film and the Political Thriller. This course balances the study of genre with sensitivity to national priorities, and combines the study of the political context with a close analysis of film language, cinematography and vision, including the paradigm-shift created by the Digital Turn.

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