Latin American cinema

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"This concise but comprehensive book traces the history of Latin American cinema from its origins in 1896 to the award-winning cinema of the present day. It discusses landmark films from all over the region--including El mégano (1955), Black God, White Devil (1964), The Official Story (1985), Amores perros (2000), City of God (2002), The Motorcycle Diaries (2004), and Babel (2006)--while tracing the broad contours of and connections between major historical developments"--Publisher's descriptio…

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Full title :Latin American cinema / Stephen M. Hart.

Summary

"This concise but comprehensive book traces the history of Latin American cinema from its origins in 1896 to the award-winning cinema of the present day. It discusses landmark films from all over the region--including El mégano (1955), Black God, White Devil (1964), The Official Story (1985), Amores perros (2000), City of God (2002), The Motorcycle Diaries (2004), and Babel (2006)--while tracing the broad contours of and connections between major historical developments"--Publisher's description.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2015.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Reaktion books
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2015.

The Physical Object

Description:223 pages : : illustrations (some color) ; : 20 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:1780233655, 9781780233659
oclc:ocn870663918
LC Classification:PN1993.5.L3
Dewey Decimal:791.43098

Introduction -- Inauspicious beginnings (1895-1950) -- Nuevo cine latinoamericano and the 'time-image' (1951-1975) -- Nation-image (1976-1999) -- The slick grit of contemporary Latin American cinema (2000-2014) -- Select directors' biographies.

Subjects

Cinéma -- Histoire. -- Amérique latine Film -- historia History Latin America Latinamerika Motion pictures Motion pictures -- History. -- Latin Am… Performing arts