The genre’s foregrounding of rhythm sets it up to inherit prejudices that can be traced back to colonial Cuba. The spiritual and cultural practices brought to the island by enslaved Africans, as well as those that were formed in the new context, harnessed the communicative and cathartic power of rhythm, and became associated with rebellion – provoking fears of a second Haiti among the landowning white criollos
by Deborah Shaw Today at Mediático and, as a catch up (and heads up) on programmes you may have missed, we are delighted to present…
Today Mediático is delighted to present a review of Emmy-award winning journalist María Hinojosa‘s recent memoir Once I Was You (2020) from one of its…
Today at Mediático, and after a bit of a slight pause, we are delighted to present an essay on ten Latin American films which reimagine…
At Mediático we love collaboration. And in the spirit of collaboration today we are delighted to have a post from Bridget Franco, Associate Professor in…
Today Mediático begins a short series focusing on film criticism in Peru. We are delighted to start this short series with a post by regular…
This week Mediático is delighted to present an excellent post by Maria Chiara D’Argenio exploring Jayro Bustamante’s political horror movie La Llorona (2019) which was…
Today, and belatedly for Black History month, Mediático is delighted to present a piece by regular contributor Natália Pinazza on the Venezuelan film Pelo Malo (Mariana…
Link to Ema Dossier Index by Ellen Bishell* For a scholar of music video, to give a short take on Pablo Larraín’s Ema (2019) is…
Link to Ema Dossier Index by Laura Hatry* It’s not likely that Pablo Larraín could have imagined the extent to which Ema would anticipate real-world…
