Patricio Guzmán’s The Pearl Button serves as a poetic and political reflection on the legacy of colonialism in Chile, particularly the erasure of Indigenous Patagonian cultures. Through water as a central me […]
Laura Ortiz – Glauber Rocha’s approach to revolutionary and protest cinema during Brazil’s military dictatorship was both innovative and subversive, using allegory, metaphor, and direct confrontation to cha […]
Week 3 – De Cierta Manera: A Revolutionary Reflection February 17, 2025 Sara Gómez’s De Cierta Manera is a striking film that blurs the line between fiction and documentary, offering a nuanced exploration of p […]
Laura Ortiz – Blog Post #2 Sara Gómez’s films explore the complexities of Cuban identity, gender roles, and revolutionary contradictions with a strikingly ahead-of-her-time perspective. Works like Mi Aporte and Gu […]
Moving the Archive – Laura Ortiz The concept of moving the archive in Latin American revolutionary cinema is a powerful act of subversion that critiques colonial and neo-colonial narratives embedded in Western […]
