The Political Blockages of Peruvian Memory Cinema
This chapter examines the difficulties facing twenty-first-century Peruvian films in their attempts to contribute to society by encouraging their audiences to remember the violence experienced by the country from 1980 to 2000. It examines five difficultie
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Edited by Cynthia Vich · Sarah Barrow
Peruvian Cinema of the Twenty-First Century “This volume brings together scholars from Peru, Europe and the United States whose well-researched and lucid essays situate Peruvian film production within a global context of funding and circulation while also paying attention to salient aspects of this national cinema such as regional films and the examination of recent Peruvian history. The breadth of this collective volume makes it an essential reading for those interested in Latin American cinema as well as those who specialize in Peruvian culture.” —Carolina Rocha, Professor of Spanish, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, USA, author of Masculinities in Contemporary Popular Argentine Cinema (2012) “This ground-breaking collection uniquely illuminates the vibrant panorama of contemporary Peruvian cinema. For too long Peruvian cinema has been known globally only for its internationally feted art films (e.g. Claudia Llosa’s remarkable The Milk of Sorrow). Now the full picture comes into sharp focus, also recognising Peru’s rom coms for the metropolitan masses, artisanal digital indies for the regions, local community documentaries, female-led non-fiction, shorts, experimental and indigenous filmmaking. Undoubtedly this will be a “go to” text for Peruvian cinema for at least the next decade. It is also a crucial text for our understanding of the cinemas of the world as an interconnected transnational totality, and how specific national cinemas function uniquely even in that globalized context.” —David Martin-Jones, Professor of Film Studies, University of Glasgow, author of Cinema Against Doublethink: Ethical Encounters with the Lost Pasts of World History (2018) “Peruvian Cinema of the Twenty-First Century offers a rich account and makes a convincing case for seeing the Peruvian films of the 21st century as a distinct body of work. The conditions for a more diverse, more regionalized, but also more globalized Peruvian cinema are convincingly sought in the emergence of a neoliberal agenda in Peru, itself enabled by the ending of a twenty-year-long civil war. It usefully charts the changing landscape of Peru’s film legislation while offering a cogent grouping of the films, the aim being to clarify the different aspirations of contemporary Peruvian filmmakers and the diversity of their approaches to film production and audience building. With its powerful evocation of the significance and achievements of the new Peruvian cinema, along with the serious challenges it faces, this fine collection makes a most welcome contribution to the study of ‘small’ national cinemas.” —Mette Hjort, Professor of Humanities and Dean of Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University, HK, author of The Cinema of Small Nations (2007)
Cynthia Vich · Sarah Barrow Editors
Peruvian Cinema of the Twenty-First Century Dynamic and Unstable Grounds
Editors Cynthia Vich Department of Modern Languages and Literatures Fordham University New York, NY, USA
Sarah Barrow School of Art, Media and American Studies Univ
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