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Aug 30, 2025
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HIS 358 - Afro-Latin American History Through Film (3)This course uses film as a medium through which to examine the history of the African Diaspora in Latin America. Afro-Latin American populations lack adequate representation in popular media in the region, yet many films have drawn from literature and history to highlight their contributions to socio-political movements and cultural productions. Most of these films were produced and released in historical contexts that served a director’s political agenda, such as those produced by the Cuban Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industria Cinematográficos (ICAIC) following the 1959 Revolution. Thus, the class examines the historical period conveyed in the films as well as the context in which the films were produced, providing the necessary context to analyze the directors’ intended messages to their contemporary audiences. The films examined in this course cast light on the significant, yet often ignored, history of Afro-Latin American people from the colonial period through the twenty-first century. Readings include literature on which the films are drawn, leading scholarship in the field of Afro-Latin American history, and film theory.
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