Inspired by an eponymous course co-taught in Fall 2020 by Haden Guest, Senior Lecturer in Art, Film and Visual Studies, and Chilean filmmaker and AFVS Visiting Professor Dominga Sotomayor, this initiative maps vital creative currents connecting filmmakers throughout Latin America while also exploring the fertile dialogue taking place more broadly between documentary and fiction filmmaking, as well as between cinema, literature and the visual arts. Special attention is given to these intersections in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Uruguay. While focused on the contemporary moment, this initiative also looks to the historic past by seeking to understand the deep and continued influence of key films, directors and movements, especially from the post-1968 period. A feature of Remapping Latin American Cinema will be the regular participation by Latin American artists and scholars and collaboration with cinematheques and universities across the region.
First iteration: Fall 2022
¡REBELADAS! UNA APROXIMACIÓN AL CINE DE MUJERES EN LATINOAMÉRICA
Second iteration: December 2022 and Spring 2023
REMAPPING LATIN AMERICAN CINEMA: CHILEAN FILM/VIDEO 1963 – 2013
In Santiago, Chile, on December 14 and 15 2022, DRCLAS and the HFA partenered with the Centro de Cine y Creación and the Cineteca Nacional to present screenings of films drawn from Guest and Sotomayor’s series.