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Header image: Ventura Pons (Courtesy of Els Films de La Rambla) This week at Mediático we mark the passing of…
![WHORES’ WISDOM: Revolución puta (Whore Revolution, María Galindo, 2023)](https://reframe.sussex.ac.uk/mediatico/files/2023/09/01-470x140.jpg)
Today at Mediático we are delighted to present a first post by Isabel Seguí. Dr Seguí is a lecturer in…
![Ema in Havana: Reacting to Reggaeton](https://reframe.sussex.ac.uk/mediatico/files/2022/11/Fehimovic-Figure-1.jpg)
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
![How to Film the Histories of the New World: Re-Envisioning the Past and the Future in Latin American Contemporary Cinema](https://reframe.sussex.ac.uk/mediatico/files/2021/11/Zama-Lucrecia-Martel-2017-Argentina-470x140.jpeg)
Today at Mediático, and after a bit of a slight pause, we are delighted to present an essay on ten…
![Between agency and erasure: Translating Narratives of Sexual Violence in Latin America by Nuala Finnegan](https://reframe.sussex.ac.uk/mediatico/files/2021/06/Screenshot-2021-06-23-at-11.49.00-470x140.png)
Mediático is delighted to be able to present an entry focused on the important work on cultural narratives of sexual…
![Book Review - El cine latinoamericano del siglo XXI: Tendencias y tratamientos by Ricardo Bedoya](https://reframe.sussex.ac.uk/mediatico/files/2021/04/los-rubios-400x140.jpeg)
Today Mediático begins a short series focusing on film criticism in Peru. We are delighted to start this short series…
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This week Mediático is delighted to present an excellent post by Maria Chiara D’Argenio exploring Jayro Bustamante’s political horror movie…
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Today, and belatedly for Black History month, Mediático is delighted to present a piece by regular contributor Natália Pinazza on the…
![Ema’s Mise en Abyme: Music Video Aesthetics and Women in Reggaeton](https://reframe.sussex.ac.uk/mediatico/files/2020/10/Bishell-Figure-1-470x140.png)
Link to Ema Dossier Index by Ellen Bishell* For a scholar of music video, to give a short take on…