Latin American Films

In: Telos, Band 32, S. 182-188

Abstract

Three phases in the development of Latin American films are identified. The first, consisting mainly of short films, also was the development of a theory of film, which involved the notion that the film is actually the discussion of the film. The film presents a subject, which the viewers then expand in subsequent discussion. The second phase produced longer films, which attempted more in-depth analysis of social & political reality. The film is half of a whole, the rest of which is the viewers' discussion & subsequent action. Common themes of this phase are the attempted imposition of US hegemony & the discovery of the history of the Wc. The last phase involved nondocumentary feature films & their uses. M. Migalski.