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"I believe that there is not just one Latin American cinema, just as there is no single Brazilian cinema. There are cinemas; made of sometimes contradictory currents that often collide, yet come together in a desire to portray our realities in an urgent and visceral manner." Walter Salles (Preface, The Cinema of Latin America)
Cinegogía is an open-access website devoted to the teaching and study of Latin American cinemas. This collaborative project is comprised of syllabi, film guides, course materials, a film database and links to other resources. Our users' contributions are essential for creating a robust and useful collection of Latin American film studies materials. Please refer to our "Collaborate" page to become a collaborator. You can also read a recent blog post on Mediático or listen to this podcast interview on the New Books Network for more information about the Cinegogía project.
NEW RESOURCES Looking for a virtual or in-person guest speaker to share their expertise with your class? Check out this list of available Guest Speakers on a variety of topics related to Latin American Film Studies Representation Matters Afro-Latin American Film Resources Indigenous and Indigenista Cinemas How can I integrate Film Guides into my course? Students can research films, write a series of guided discussion questions, and submit their work for publication on Cinegogía. Click here for submission guidelines and a film guide template. Creating a video essay project with your students may seem daunting, impossible and exciting. For help with this process, please visit our Video Essay module. Interested in creating and publishing your own scholarly videographic criticism? Check out our new resources on videographic scholarship Updated clips now on Cineglos CALLS FOR SUBMISSIONS Section on Indigenous Languages and Literatures: Chasqui calls for essays addressing the visual and verbal arts, literature, and cultures of the Quechua peoples and other indigenous nations of Abiayala/Latin America, and the Caribbean for its section on indigenous languages and literatures. The essays should address significant theoretical issues in analyzing Indigenous/Latin American cultural production, with a special emphasis on literature. The journal is especially interested in essays that focus on interdisciplinary approaches such as biculturalism, interculturalism, translation issues, sociolinguistic issues, environmental studies, critical race theory, subaltern studies, decolonial theories, theories of affect, feminism, queer and trans theories, disability studies and crip theory, film, performance and media studies, sound studies, popular culture, post-humanism, and overcoming national and linguistic divisions. Essays on specific works or authors will only be of interest if they address theoretical, critical and/or methodological issues. NEWS & UPCOMING EVENTS Pragda Stream is a new streaming service in collaboration with DocuSeek. Stream hundreds of Latinx, Latin American, and Spanish fiction films, documentaries, shorts, and series, all in one place, anytime, anywhere! Do you have an upcoming deadline for a workshop, conference, or journal submission related to Latin American Film Studies? Please let us know and we will post it here.	Film Guides
RECENTLY ADDED ITEMS Latin American Cinema This course is a survey of Latin American cinema. We will watch approximately one film per week and discuss them in Spanish in a small classroom… La Llorona Features a former junta leader, based on Efraín Ríos Montt, murderous "chief executive" of Guatemala between 1982 and 1983. This general, Enrique…