01/11/2018
CALL FOR ARTICLES/CONVACTORIA
Out from the Shadows: The Presence of Indigenous and other underrepresented groups in 21st Century Latin American Film.
Guest Thematic Editors:
Manuel F. Medina, University of Louisville
Bridget Franco, College of the Holy Cross
Follow the submission guidelines on the UT Press website https://utpress.utexas.edu/journals/diálogo.
Submissions due by or before February 1, 2019, emailed to: [email protected]
Latin American film has revealed a recent increase in both popular appeal and production of films by directors working with Indigenous involvement and characters, even as main protagonists. These movies are noticeably successful in international film circuits and have been widely distributed. In Guatemala, an excellent film industry was practically unnoticed until release and great success of Ixcanul, nominated for an Oscar as best foreign film in 2016. Ixcanul’s main characters are contemporary Indigenous Natives who wear traditional attire, speak Quiché and struggle against oppression by Ladinos as they survive under hostile conditions. Ecuadorian directors have released a number of recent, also popular, films where characters speak native languages without providing subtitles.
Underrepresented groups are also being featured, portrayed anonymously in the Mexican film Tempestad (2016), by a female director and narrated by two women victimized by a corrupt and unjust system, with visuals which paint a Mexico overtaken by violence. Brazil’s recent films by women directors experiment with form and content, evidencing story lines of female empowerment.
Is there a new critical arena in development for Latin American film? And how are the common residents finding portrayal in this genre? We seek articles to explore and discuss such questions and new tendencies. Suggested ideas include:
• Latin American Indigenous contemporary persons as protagonists in recent films.
• The documentary has a place of resistance.
• Indigenous languages and voices as feature of contemporary Latin American Film.
• The indigenous landscape as mise en scene for stories of empowerment or subversion.
• Indigenous communities, social movements, and representation on YouTube and other visual mass media outlets.
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