SPAN 659 Representation of Marginal Spaces in Hispanic Cinema
This course explores how Latin American cinema represents and reacts to marginalization in its multiple forms: economic, gender, ethnic, sexual, etc. We will analyze films from 1950 through 2000 during the first half of the semester in order to understand the foundations of what is known as Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano. The second part of the semester will be devoted to cinema of the 21st century. Some of the major filmmakers we will study are: Luis Buñuel, Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Pedro Larraín, Jayro Bustamante, and Claudia Llosa, among others. There is a strong research and writing component in the course.