Women of Argentina: Filmic Visions of Latin America Prof.

Dr Olga Lazin-Andrei Winter 2014, UCLA History 191e / 201i & J Wilkie
Latin America: Cinema and History Biographical movies are very educational, especially in the realm of history and critical thinking. Beyond Mexico, visual culture about many societies reveals how films, including documentary (Doc.) films can be compared and contrasted to reveal a range of historical and geographical diversities. A case study of Argentine and foreign views of the many faces of "Eva Pern" before and since her death July 26, 1952, offers many research opportunities, as do films on Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Haiti, Venezuelaand Romania. Preliminary Film List: view and debate in class Argentina; EVITA: WOMAN & MYTH, Including Prof. Marysa Navarro (A&E), Documentary (Doc.), 1996, 54 min EVA PERN, THE TRUE STORY, Anti-Worlds View by J.C. Desanzo (Argentina), 1996, 114 min EVITA, Worlds View by Alan Parker (London, Hollywood, Budapest), 1996, 134 min Brazil BLACK ORPHEUS by Marcel Camus, (Set in Rio de Janeriro), 1959, 107 min MANDA BALA (SEND A BULLET), by Jason Kohn (Set in Rio & So Paulo), Doc., 2007, 85 min AT PLAY IN THE FIELDS OF THE LORD, by Hctor Babenco, 1991, 190 min RUBBER JUNGLE, by Bill Day & Terry Schwartz [The Amazon & Chico Mendes), Doc., 1994, 68 min THE BURNING SEASON: CHICO MENDES, by John Frankenheimer), 1994, 67 min.

Colombia MEN WITH GUNS, by John Sayles, 1998, 128 min Cuba FIDEL AND CHE Ecuador
ZULAY FACES 21ST CENTURY by UCLAs Jorge/Mabel Preloran, Zulay Saravino, Doc., 1993), 108 Min Haiti THE COMEDIANS, by Graham Greene, (Set in the Haiti of "Papa Doc" Duvalier) 1967, 150 min Paraguay THE MISSION, starring Robert DeNiro, 1986, 125 min

2 Venezuela [SIMN] BOLIVAR SOY YO, by Jorge Al Triana, 2002, 93 min

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