Hybrid Fiction in Latin America
The father of a friend of mine became hooked on Avenida Brasil, a Brazilian telenovela that was a hit in several Latin American countries. Every night, as he sat down to watch the telenovela, he…
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Theme: Film
(Dis)locations of Violence in Latin American Film
Transitioning back to cold in Boston invites me to a weekend of movies on Netflix. A curiosity self-justified, as research interest cascades into shameless binge watching…
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Reimagining the Future
My parents tell me how lucky I was to be born in a hospital. It was late November of 1989 amidst the “final offensive”—one of the last but more gruesome clashes…
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Thinking on Film and Trash
Latin American films have portrayed trash as an urban social issue since the 1940s, if not earlier. If the first incentive to film trash and its presence in the city…
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