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Cinema and Social Change in Latin America
This chapter is in the book Cinema and Social Change in Latin America
© 1986 University of Texas Press

© 1986 University of Texas Press

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. CONTENTS V
  3. Acknowledgments VII
  4. Introduction IX
  5. Part I. The Documentary Impulse: The Drama of Reality
  6. 1. Fernando Birri (Argentina), The Roots of Documentary Realism 1
  7. 2. Mario Handler (Uruguay), Starting from Scratch: Artisanship and Agitprop 13
  8. 3. Jorge Silva and Marta Rodriguez (Colombia), Cine-Sociology and Social Change 25
  9. 4. Jorge Sanjines (Bolivia), Revolutionary Cinema: The Bolivian Experience 35
  10. 5. Patricio Guzman (Chile), Politics and the Documentary in People's Chile 49
  11. 6. Emilio Rodriguez Vazquez and Caflos Vicente Ibarra (Puerto Rico and Nicaragua), Filmmaking in Nicaragua: From Insurrection to INCINE 69
  12. 7. Helena Solberg-Ladd (Brazil and United States), The View from the United States 81
  13. Part II. Fictional Filmmaking: The Reality of Drama
  14. 8. Glauber Rocha (Brazil), Cinema Novo and the Dialectics of Popular Culture 105
  15. 9. Tomas Gutierrez Alea (Cuba), Beyond the Reflection of Reality 115
  16. 10. Nelson Pereira dos Santos (Brazil), Toward a Popular Cinema 133
  17. 11. Humberto Solas (Cuba), Every Point of A"ival Is a Point of Departure 143
  18. 12. Antonio Eguino (Bolivia), Neorealism in Bolivia 161
  19. 13. Carlos Diegues (Brazil), The Mind of Cinema Novo 171
  20. 14. Raul Ruiz (Chile and France), Between Institutions 181
  21. 15. Marcela Fernandez Violante (Mexico), Inside the Mexican Film Industry: A Woman's Perspective 195
  22. Part III. Behind the Scenes
  23. 16. Nelson Villagra (Chile), The Actor at Home and in Exile 211
  24. 17. Walter Achugar (Uruguay and Latin America at Large), Using Movies to Make Movies 221
  25. 18. Enrique Colina (Cuba), The Film Critic on Prime Time 237
  26. 19. Julio Garcia Espinosa (Cuba), Theory and Practice of Film and Popular Culture in Cuba 243
  27. 20. Alfonso Gumucio Dagr6n (Bolivia and Latin America at Large), A Product of Circumstances: Reflections of a Media Activist 259
  28. For Further Reading 285
  29. Appendix: Films and Writings by Latin American Directors 287
  30. Index of Films 291
  31. General Index 296
https://doi.org/10.7560/724532-toc

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. CONTENTS V
  3. Acknowledgments VII
  4. Introduction IX
  5. Part I. The Documentary Impulse: The Drama of Reality
  6. 1. Fernando Birri (Argentina), The Roots of Documentary Realism 1
  7. 2. Mario Handler (Uruguay), Starting from Scratch: Artisanship and Agitprop 13
  8. 3. Jorge Silva and Marta Rodriguez (Colombia), Cine-Sociology and Social Change 25
  9. 4. Jorge Sanjines (Bolivia), Revolutionary Cinema: The Bolivian Experience 35
  10. 5. Patricio Guzman (Chile), Politics and the Documentary in People's Chile 49
  11. 6. Emilio Rodriguez Vazquez and Caflos Vicente Ibarra (Puerto Rico and Nicaragua), Filmmaking in Nicaragua: From Insurrection to INCINE 69
  12. 7. Helena Solberg-Ladd (Brazil and United States), The View from the United States 81
  13. Part II. Fictional Filmmaking: The Reality of Drama
  14. 8. Glauber Rocha (Brazil), Cinema Novo and the Dialectics of Popular Culture 105
  15. 9. Tomas Gutierrez Alea (Cuba), Beyond the Reflection of Reality 115
  16. 10. Nelson Pereira dos Santos (Brazil), Toward a Popular Cinema 133
  17. 11. Humberto Solas (Cuba), Every Point of A"ival Is a Point of Departure 143
  18. 12. Antonio Eguino (Bolivia), Neorealism in Bolivia 161
  19. 13. Carlos Diegues (Brazil), The Mind of Cinema Novo 171
  20. 14. Raul Ruiz (Chile and France), Between Institutions 181
  21. 15. Marcela Fernandez Violante (Mexico), Inside the Mexican Film Industry: A Woman's Perspective 195
  22. Part III. Behind the Scenes
  23. 16. Nelson Villagra (Chile), The Actor at Home and in Exile 211
  24. 17. Walter Achugar (Uruguay and Latin America at Large), Using Movies to Make Movies 221
  25. 18. Enrique Colina (Cuba), The Film Critic on Prime Time 237
  26. 19. Julio Garcia Espinosa (Cuba), Theory and Practice of Film and Popular Culture in Cuba 243
  27. 20. Alfonso Gumucio Dagr6n (Bolivia and Latin America at Large), A Product of Circumstances: Reflections of a Media Activist 259
  28. For Further Reading 285
  29. Appendix: Films and Writings by Latin American Directors 287
  30. Index of Films 291
  31. General Index 296
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