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This course examines key moments and themes of Latin American Cinema. It explores questions of national and transnational cinema, assessing the tensions between local specificity and global visibility. It analyses how this tension brings to the surface issues of indigenous erasure and representation, as well as themes of colonisation, diaspora, migration and displacement.

10 x 1hr lecture

10 x 1hr seminar

Available to all students fulfilling requirements for Honours entry into Film and Television Studies or Creative Arts and Industries, and by arrangement to visiting students or students of other Honours programmes who qualify under the University's 25% regulation.

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Essay (1500 words) (40%)

Essay (2500 words (60%)

Reassessments are normally available for all courses, except those which contribute to the Honours classification. Where, exceptionally, reassessment on Honours courses is required to satisfy professional/accreditation requirements, only the overall course grade achieved at the first attempt will contribute to the Honours classification. For non-Honours courses, students are offered reassessment in all or any of the components of assessment if the satisfactory (threshold) grade for the overall course is not achieved at the first attempt. This is normally grade D3 for undergraduate students and grade C3 for postgraduate students. Exceptionally it may not be possible to offer reassessment of some coursework items, in which case the mark achieved at the first attempt will be counted towards the final course grade. Any such exceptions for this course are described below. 

This course aims to:

• Familiarise students with key moments in the historical and cultural development of Latin American cinema.

• Examine Latin American cinema in a national and transnational context.

• Understand the historical, socio-cultural and political contexts that have influenced Latin American filmmaking.

• Critically explore the representation of social identities and power structures in Latin American cinema.

• Develop the students' academic skills to articulate informed critical arguments through close film analysis and scholarly research.

By the end of this course students will be able to:

• Identify key moments in the historical and cultural development of Latin American cinema.

• Critically evaluate Latin American films within both national and transnational contexts.

• Evaluate the historical, socio-cultural, and political factors that have influenced Latin American filmmaking.

• Critically assess the representation of social identities and power structures in Latin American cinema.

• Present critically informed arguments through close film analysis and scholarly research.

Students must submit at least 75% by weight of the components (including examinations) of the course's summative assessment.