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
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…
Mediático is delighted to be able to present an entry focused on the important work on cultural narratives of sexual violence in Latin America by…
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 *Philippa Page, Newcastle University Valparaíso, / qué disparate / eres, / qué loco, / puerto loco, / qué cabeza…
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…
Link to Ema Dossier Index By Rachel Randall* Ever since watching Ema (Pablo Larraín, 2019) and Divino Amor [Divine Love](Gabriel Mascaro, 2019) for the first…
