Human Rights, Social Movements and Activism in Contemporary Latin American Cinema
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2018), xi, 265 pp.
Contains illustrations, filmography pp. 249-254, index
ISBN 978-3-319-96208-5
"[This book] reflects on the extent to which films can play an active role in denouncing human rights abuses and exposing the struggle for visibility of different social movements and minorities. This collection explores Latin American cinema’s representations of human rights violators and oppressed subjects and groups. In so doing, it aims to assess the long overdue relation between cinema and human rights in the region, thus opening new avenues to understanding cinema’s role in social transformation. In effect, the chapters relate to at least one of these three main themes: human rights, social movements and activism. They seek to demonstrate the various ways they have been depicted in contemporary Latin American films, especially in the twenty-first century. Together, the chapters reinforce the importance of examining the ways in which contemporary Latin American cinema has explored human rights issues, while offering new perspectives to the study of (trans)national and world cinemas. Moreover, they explore the main themes and concepts covered in the volume in order to reveal the different aesthetic, political, social and historical representations of human rights in cinema." (Introduction, page 2)
1 Introduction / Mariana Cunha, Antônio Márcio da Silva, 1
2 Human Rights and the Shadow of Chile's Dictatorship: Patricio Guzmán and the Poetics of a Cinematic Landscape / Tom Winterbottom, 21
3 Rewriting the History of the Urban Revolutionary: Documentary Film and Human Rights Activism in Post-dirty War Society / Fernando Herrera Calderón, 45
4 Human Rights Abuses and State Violence in Prison Films by Hector Babenco / Antônio Márcio da Silva, 71
5 Territories, Existence and Identities: Indigenous Peoples in Argentine Films / Dilys Jones, 95
6 The Right to Nature: Contested Landscapes and Indigenous Territoriality in Martírio (2016) / Mariana Cunha, 113
7 Urban Occupations: Cinema and the Struggle for the Right to Housing / Cardes Monção Amâncio, 133
8 The Art of the Social Movement Corrective: On Redeeming the Human Rights Narrative in También la lluvia and Our Brand Is Crisis / Molly Dooley Appel, 157
9 Transnational Finance on the Road to the Andes: Societal Ruptures and Poisoned Deals in La deuda/Oliver's Deal (2015) / Alberto Ribas-Casasayas, 183
10 A Woman's Right to Move: The Politics of Female Walking in Latin American Cinema / Alessandra Soares Brandão, Ramayana Lira de Sousa, 209
11 Intersectionality as a Human Rights Issue in Contemporary Latin American Queer Cinema / Antônio Márcio da Silva, 225
2 Human Rights and the Shadow of Chile's Dictatorship: Patricio Guzmán and the Poetics of a Cinematic Landscape / Tom Winterbottom, 21
3 Rewriting the History of the Urban Revolutionary: Documentary Film and Human Rights Activism in Post-dirty War Society / Fernando Herrera Calderón, 45
4 Human Rights Abuses and State Violence in Prison Films by Hector Babenco / Antônio Márcio da Silva, 71
5 Territories, Existence and Identities: Indigenous Peoples in Argentine Films / Dilys Jones, 95
6 The Right to Nature: Contested Landscapes and Indigenous Territoriality in Martírio (2016) / Mariana Cunha, 113
7 Urban Occupations: Cinema and the Struggle for the Right to Housing / Cardes Monção Amâncio, 133
8 The Art of the Social Movement Corrective: On Redeeming the Human Rights Narrative in También la lluvia and Our Brand Is Crisis / Molly Dooley Appel, 157
9 Transnational Finance on the Road to the Andes: Societal Ruptures and Poisoned Deals in La deuda/Oliver's Deal (2015) / Alberto Ribas-Casasayas, 183
10 A Woman's Right to Move: The Politics of Female Walking in Latin American Cinema / Alessandra Soares Brandão, Ramayana Lira de Sousa, 209
11 Intersectionality as a Human Rights Issue in Contemporary Latin American Queer Cinema / Antônio Márcio da Silva, 225
