Title: Contemporary cinema of Latin America
Description: "This book focuses on a selection of internationally known Latin American films. The chapters are organized around national categories, grounding the readings not only in the context of social and political conditions, but also in those of each national film industry. It is a very useful text for students of the region's cultural output, as well as for students of film studies who wish to learn more about the innovative and often controversial films discussed."--Publisher description.
Subjects: Cinema, Motion pictures, cuban films, film directors, mexican films, Motion pictures, latin america, History
Places: Latin America, Mexico, cuba
People: Alfonso arau, alejandro gonzález iñárritu, alfonso cuarón, augusto ugarte pinochet, Ernesto Guevara (1928-1967), fernando solanas, Fidel Castro (1926-2016), guillermo del toro, hector babenco, juana inés de la cruz, julio garcía espinosa, laura esquivel, maría luisa bemberg, octavio paz, ricardo larraín, senel paz, tomás gutiérrez alea, walter salles