Mexican Cinema: 20th and 21st Centuries

This course examines Mexican cinema from the first screenings in Mexico City to the most recent cinematic production. It concentrates on tendencies and movements vis-à-vis the cultural, literary, and aesthetic movements in 20th and 21st century Mexico. Special attention is given to the Golden Age cinema (1930-1950); Luis Buñuel’s innovation and experimentation in films; gender in the cinema of the rumberas or cabaret dancers; the impact of social movements on the cinema after the 1970s; the cinema of the 2000s and beyond; women filmmakers; and cinema of immigration, among others. In addition to the analysis of theoretical trends, film language, and terminology, this course also considers socio-political contexts as well as racial and sexual identities; ideologies and globalization in Mexico.

Fall, Spring, Summer

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