A Bibliography of Latin American Cinema

Author(s): DANIEL APPELMAN

Source: Journal of the University Film Association , Spring 1976, Vol. 28, No. 2 (Spring
1976), pp. 41-47
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A Bibliography of Latin American Cinema

DANIEL APPELMAN

Cinema in Latin America is not a new phenomenon.

indices which have been listed separately below.
In many countries film production can be traced Others were discovered by the author in the course of
his own research while living in Latin America.
through newspaper articles to the first decade of the
century. Often filmmaking began with the arrival of Spanish-language film journals were especially helpful,
European producers looking for exotic settings for since many of them are concerned exclusively with
national filmmaking activit?s and national film criti
their travelogues. Foreign-financed projects gradually
gave way to co-productions and then to truly nationalcism. The bibliography has, for the most part, in
documentary and narrative films. cluded only those publications written since 1960. In
view of UFA's long-standing interest in international
Film criticism and scholarship in the United States training of filmmakers and the September, 1976
have remained largely ignorant about the cinemas meeting of CILECT in Mexico City, this listing is pre
south of its border. We know little even about the sented to assist and encourage others to engage in
prodigious motion picture industry of Mexico, which further investigation of this much neglected area of
dominates the screens of Latin America and which cinema studies.
was developed with the financial support of the
United States during the Second World War. Only
with the arrival of two highly-celebrated films from
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Cuba just a few years ago (Memories of Underdevelop
ment and Lucia) did a substantial number of journal
articles on Latin American cinema begin to appear
Indexes
in this country. And to date only two books on the
subject have been published in English (Burns' Latin
Aceto, Vincent J.; Graves, Jane; and Silva, Fred, eds.
American Cinema and Meyerson's Memories of Under
Film Literature Index (Quarterly). Albany, N.Y.:
development).
Filmdex, Inc., 1975.
To be accurate, there is no Latin American cinema.
Rather, one should speak of national cinemas, andBatty,
of Linda. Retrospective Index to Film Periodicals,
divergent movements of filmmaking activity within1930-1971. New York: R.R. Bowker Company,
each country which seek to define a spectrum of 1975.425 pp.
ideological and aesthetic concerns. Many of these are
politically-oriented and have been strongly influenced
Bowles, Stephen E., comp, and ed. Index to Critical
by the astoundingly sophisticated films and film Film Reviews in British and American Film Peri
styles developed in Cuba following the revolution. odicals. 3 vols. New York: Burt Franklin and
Others remain imitative of the most popular genres of
Hollywood. But the best are those which search for Company, Inc., 1975. 782 pp.
genuinely national characteristics, such as the films
of the Ukamau group in Bolivia or of Miguel Littin Gerlach,
in John C, and Gerlach, Lana. The Critical
Allende's Chile. Index: A Bibliography of Articles on Film in
English, 1946-1973. New York: Teachers College
This bibliography consists of a highly selective number Press, 1974. 725 pp.
of entries of books and journal articles in Spanish,
Portuguese and English. Many were found in the film
Jones, Karen, ed. International Index to Film Peri
odicals, 1972. New York: R.R. Bowker Company,
DANIEL APPELMAN is a Ph. D. Student in the 1973. 344 pp.
School of Communications and Theater at Temple
University. He is a graduate of San Francisco State MacCann, Richard Dyer, and Perry, Edward S. The
University where he was Instructor of courses in film New Film Index: A Bibliography of Magazine
studies. His dissertation is in the area of telecommuni Articles in English, 1930-1970. New York: E.P.
cations policy. Dutton and Company, Inc., 1975. 522 pp.

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 General
Achugar, Walter. "Walter Achugar on Latin American
Cinema." cin?aste 4 (Winter 1970-1971): 35,52.
Ackermann, Jean Marie. Filmsofa Changing World: A
Critical International Guide. Washington, D.C.:
Society for International Development, 1972. A
collection of reviews and commentaries on Latin
American films.
Allen, William D. "Spanish-Language Films in the
U.S." Films in Review, July-August 1950, pp. 1
44. Review of films from Mexico, Argentina and
Cuba shown in theaters in New York.
Alvarez, Isabelle. "Revolution versus Entertainment:
What Directions for the Film Medium?" Atlas,
October 1971, pp. 57-59.
Attwood, A.W. "The Cinema in Guayaquil." Sight
and Sound 16 (Spring 1947): 14.
Burns, E. Bradford. Latin American Cinema: Film and
History. Los Angeles: University of California,
1975. 137 pp. One of only two books in English
on Latin American cinema. A collection of essays
on theory, history and genre, with information on
distributors, archives, "cinematecas" and holdings
of Latin American film collections in the U.S.
Includes bibliography of Latin American cinema
articles in both English and Spanish.
Burton, Julianne. Book review of Latin American
Cinema: Film and History, cin?aste 6 (1973-74):
48.
cin?aste. Quarterly. Carries more articles having to
do with Latin American cinema than any other
journal in the United States. Frequently with
heavy political orientation. Address: 333 6th Ave.,
New York, NY 10014. Ask for their bibliography
on Latin American cinema ($1). Also, special issue
on Latin American cinema, 4 (Winter 1970-1971).
"Cinema as a Gun: An Interview with Fernando
Solanas." cin?aste 3 (Fall 1969): 18-26, 33.
Colina, Enrique, and Torres, Daniel D. "Ideologia del
Melodrama en el Viejo Cine Latinoamericano"
(The Ideology of the Melodrama in Early Latin
American Cinema). Cine Cubano, Nos. 73/74/75
(1972), pp. 27-39.
Estrada, L.P., and H?pen, D. The Cultural Value of
Film and Television in Latin America. Paris:
UNESCO, 1968. 6 pp.
"Facts and Figures of the Americas." Americas
16 (October 1964). Tables giving film atten
dance and production in Latin America.
"Film im Freiheitshampf der Volker Lateinameri
kas." Information, Nos. 5-6 and 6-7 (1972), pp.
1-117 and 1-135. Special issues on Latin American
cinema, with articles, interviews, filmographies
dealing with political filmmaking.
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Gillett, John. "South of the Border." Sight and
Sound 29 (Autumn 1960): 188-191. Character
istics and practitioners of Latin American cinema.
Gomezjara, Francisco A., and Selene de Dios, Delia.
Sociologia del cine (The Sociology of the Cinema).
Mexico City: Sep/Setentas, 1973. Many useful
statistics on cinema in Latin America.
Manrique Ardila, Jaime. "Cine latinoamericano: Dos
vertientes" (Latin American Cinema: Two Cur
rents). Eco (Bogota) 27 and 28 (October and
November 1974): 648-663 and 37-62 respectively.
Critical analysis of Latin American cinema with
special attention to Mexican and Argentinean film
and Hollywood's influence.
New Yorker Films. Distributor of large collection of
narrative films from Latin America. Catalogue
available on request. Address: 43 West 61st Street,
New York, NY 10023.
Ramio, J.R. "Hablemos de libros de cine editados en
Espana" (Books on Cinema Published in Spain).
Hablemos de Cine (Peru) 8 (January 1972):
17-19. Includes many books on Latin American
cinema.
Sanjines, Jorge. "Cinema and Revolution." cin?aste 4
(Winter 1970-1971): 13-14.
Solanas, Fernando, and Getino, Octavio. "Toward a
3rd Cinema." cin?aste 4 (Winter 1970-71): 1-10.
"El Tercer Cine: Cine Latinoamericano: La Hornada
de 1971." Cine al Dia, June 1972, pp. 3-11. Re
views and interviews of the Latin American cinema
in 1971.
Torres, Augusto Martinez, and Perez Estremer?,
Manuel. Nuevo cine latino-americano (The New
Latin American Cinema). Barcelona: Editorial
Anagrama, 1973. A country-by-country survey of
the last two decades of Latin American cinema.
Each chapter includes a summary of activities and
filmographies of leading directors. Although now
dated, and with many errors, contains invaluable
information available nowhere else.
Tricontinental Film Center. An important distributor
of many Latin American films. Catalogue avail
able upon request. Address: P.O. Box 4430,
Berkeley, CA 94704.
UCAL (Union de Cinematecas de America Latina).
Cine Cubano, Nos. 73/74/75 (1972), pp. 115
139. Special issue. Report from the 6th Congress
of the UCAL, with reprints of papers submitted by
participants from various countries.
UNESCO. World Communications: A 200 Country
Survey of the Press, Radio, Television and Film
5th ed., Paris: UNESCO, 1975. Parts III and IV
include Mexico, Central America and South
America. Gives short history and current status
of film production, distribution and exhibition
in each country.
Vanderwood, Paul. "Latin America in Ferment: The
Vision of Saul Landau." Film and History S
(February 1975): 1-8.
Variety. Latin American entertainment survey. 282
(31 March 1976). Special supplement with compre
hensive survey by country with historical notes,
data on production, distribution and organizational
structure of film and television. Index on page 34.
Vega, P. "El nuevo cine Latinoamericano: algunas
caracteristicas de su estilo" (The New Latin
American Cinema: Some Characteristics of Its
Style), Cine Cubano, Nos. 73/74/75 (1972),
pp. 27-39.
Weiner, Bernard. "Films of the Revolution." Take
One 3 (January-February 1971): 14-16. Review
of a large number of Latin American political
films.
Wilson, David. "Aspects of Latin American Political
Cinema." Sight and Sound 41 (Summer 1972):
127-131. The works of a number of Latin Ameri
can film directors, with special attention to audi
ence involvement.
Argentina
"Argentine Censorship: Protest Films .... But for
Export Only" Atlas, October 1971, pp. 56-57.
Bottone, Mireya. La literatura argentina y el cine
(Argentine Literature and the Cinema). Santa Fe,
Argentina: Universidad Nacional del Litoral, 1964).
History of cinematic adaptations in Argentina. In
cludes chronological listing of narrative films from
1909 to 1960 with title, book, author, adaptor,
director and cast.
"Filmographische Angaben Argentinien" (Annotated
Filmography for Argentina). Information, Nos.
5-6 (1972), pp. 58-71. An annotated filmography
of Argentine political documentaries produced
between 1966 and 1971.
Getino, Octavio. "Algunas preguntas a Octavio Getino"
(Some Questions Asked of Octavio Getino).
Cine Cubano, No. 73 (1972), pp. 72-79.
Getino, Octavio, and^ Solanas, Fernando. "Apuntes
para un juicio critico descolonizado." Cine del
Tercer Mundo (Montevideo), No. 2 (November
1970), pp. 75-101. An essay on the "cinema of
liberation."
Grinberg, Miguel. "Las olas bajan turbias: el viejo
'nuevo cine argentino' " (The Old "New Argen
tinean Cinema"). Cine & Medios (Buenos Aires).
1 (Spring, 1969): 3440.
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MacBean, James Roy. "La Hora de los Hornos" (The
Hour of the Furnaces). Film Quarterly 24 (Fall
1970): 31-37. Critique of Fernando Solanas'
breakthrough film.
Mahieu, Jose Augustin. Breve historia del cine argen
tino (A Short History of the Argentine Cinema).
Buenos Aires: Editorial Universitaria, 1966.
Martinez, Tomas Eloy. La obra de Ayala y Torre
Nilson en las estructuras del cine argentino (The
Works of Ayala and Torre Nilson in the Context of
Argentine Cinema). Buenos Aires: Ediciones
Culturales Argentinas, 1961.
Mur?t, Ulyses Petit de. Este cine argentino (Argentine
Cinema). Buenos Aires: Ediciones del Cano de
Tespis, 1959. An essay on the development of
Argentine film.
"La novela argentina en el cine" (The Argentine Novel
in the Cinema). Cinemateca Argentina, monograph,
1960.
Solanas, Fernando. "Cinema as a Gun: An Interview
with Fernando Solanas." cin?aste 3 (Fall 1969):
18-26. Ideology of revolutionary cinema and
information on Solanas' film, The Hour of the
Furnaces.
Solanas, Fernando, and Getino, Octavio. Cine, cultura
y descolonizaci?n (Cinema, Culture and Decolon
ization). Buenos Aires: Siglo Veintiuno, 1973. A
collection of writings by two important Argentine
filmmakers.
_"Toward a Third Cinema." cin?aste 4
(Winter 1970-1971): 1-14.
Torre-Nilsson, Leopoldo. "How to Make a New
Wave." Films and Filming 9, (November 1962):
19-20. Trends in the Argentine cinema.
Bolivia
Balde, Gibrl. "Blood of the Condor." cin?aste 4
(Winter, 1970-1971): 11. An article on one of
Bolivia's most important films.
"Filmographische Angaben-Bolivien" (Annotated
Bolivian Filmography). Information, Nos. 5-6
(1972), pp. 83-86. Bolivian political documentary
film production between 1963 and 1966.
Sanjines, Jorge. "Un cine militante" (A Militant Cine
ma). Cine Cubano, No. 68, pp. 45-47.
_'Cine revolucionario: la experiencia
bolivian" (Revolutionary Cinema: The Bolivian
Experience). Cine Cubano, Nos. 76/77, pp. 1-15.
_"Cinema and Revolution." cin?aste 4
(Winter 1970-1971): 13-14.
_"Conversaci?n con un cineasta revolucion
ario: Jorge Sanjines). Cine Cubano, Nos. 73/74/75
(1972), pp. 1-7. An interview with Bolivia's best
known filmmaker.
_"El coraje del pueblo: nuevo filme de
Jorge Sanjines" (The Courage of the People: A
New Film by Jorge Sanjines). Cine Cubano,
Nos. 71/72, pp. 46-51.
_"The Courage of the People: An Interview
with Jorge Sanjines." cin?aste 5 (Spring 1972):
18-20.
_"Sobre Ukamau." Cine Cubano, No. 48,
pp. 28-33. An article on Sanjines' filmmaking
group, Ukamau.
_"A Talk with Jorge Sanjines." cin?aste 4
(Winter 1970-1971): 12.
_"Ukamau and Yawar Mallku: An Inter
view with Jorge Sanjines." Afterimage, No. 3
(Summer 1971), pp. 40-53.
Cuba
Agramonte, Arturo. Cronologia del cine cubano
(Chronology of the Cuban Cinema). La Habana,
Cuba: Ediciones ICAIC, 1966.
Alem?n, Mario Rodriguez. "Bosquejo hist?rico del
cine cubano" (Shadowed History of Cuban Cine
ma). One Cubano, Nos. 23-24-25, pp. 25-35.
Alf aro, Hugo. "Diez anos de cine cubano" (Ten Years
of Cuban Cinema). Cine and Medios (Buenos
Aires), 1 (Spring 1969): 14-17.
Alvarez, Santiago. "Conversaci?n con Santiago
Alvarez" (Conversation with Santiago Alvarez).
One Cubano, Nos. 78-79-80, pp. 80-91. Conversa
tion with Cuba's best documentary filmmaker.
Brook, Peter. "The Cuban Enterprise." Sight and
Sound 30 (Spring 1961): 78-79.
Cassai, Lourdes, and Surkin, Marvin. "Recent Cuban
Cinema." cin?aste 6 (Spring 1973): 22-23. A re
view and survey of the Cuban cinema of the early
1970s.
Cine Cubano. Cuba's film journal and one of the most
important in all of Latin America. Address: Calle
23 No. 1155, Apartado 55, La Habana, Cuba.
Douglas, Maria Eulalia. "The Cuban Cinema." Take
One 1 (July-August 1968): 6-9. Bio-filmograpmes
of Julio Gracia Espinosa, Tomas Gutierrez Alea,
Santiago Alvarez and Humberto Solas.
Engel, Andi. "Solidarity and Violence." Sight and
Sound 38 (Autumn 1969): 196-200. Review of the
Cuban cinema, with emphasis on Alea, Solas and
Alvarez.
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Espinosa, Julio Garcia. "Nuestro cine documental"
(Our Documentary Cinema). Cine Cubano, Nos.
23-24-25, pp. 3-21. History of the documentary
film in Cuba, 1959-1963.
_"For an Imperfect Cinema." Afterimage
(London), No. 3 (Summer 1971), pp. 54-67.
"5 Frames Are 5 Frames, Not 6, But 5: An Interview
with Santiago Alvarez." cin?aste 6 (Spring 1973):
16-21.
Johnson, William. "Report from Cuba." Film Quar
terly 19 (Summer 1966): 31-36. Recent develop
ments in Cuban cinema.
Kernan, Margot. "Cuban Cinema: Thomas Gutierrez
Alea." Film Quarterly 29 (Winter 1975-1976): 45
52.
Meyerson, Michael. Memories of Underdevelopment:
The Revolutionary Films of Cuba. New York:
Grossman Publishers, 1973. One of only two books
in English on Latin American cinema. Explains
ICAIC, summarizes post-revolutionary film activi
ty, and includes screenplays of Memories of Under
development and parts of Lucia.
Mraz, John. '"Lucia': History and Film in Revolu
tionary Cuba." Film and History 5 (February
1975): 8-15.
Sauvage, Pierre. "Cine Cubano." Film Comment 8
(Spring 1972): 24-31.
Sutherland, Elizabeth. "Cinema of Revolution-90
Miles from Home." Film Quarterly 15 (Winter
1961-1962): 4249. The early achievements of the
ICAIC.
Taylor, Anne-Marie. Review of Lucia. Film Quarterly
28 (Winter 1974-1975): 53-59.
Vega, Pastor. "Cuba: El cine, la cultura nacional"
(Cuba: Cinema and National Culture). Cine
Cubano, Nos. 73-75 (1972), pp. 80-92. Origins of
Cuban revolutionary cinema.
Weiner, B. "Bust! The Cuban Film Festival that
Wasn't." Take One 3 (July 1972): 8. Article on the
halting of the New York Cuban film festival by the
U.S. Government.
Chile
Burton, Julianne. Review of "The Promised Land."
Film Quarterly 29 (Fall 1975): 57-62.
"Chile: problemas de un nuevo cine" (Chile: The
Problems of a New Cinema). Cine Cubano, 71-72
(1972), pp. 90-100. Interviews with and filmo
graphies of Chilean directors, Jose Roman and
Pedro Chaskel.
Coo, Carlos Ossa. Historia del cine chileno (History of
Chilean Cinema). Santiago: Quimantu, 1971.
Ehrmann, Hans. "Cine chileno: experanzas . . . otra
vez" (Chilean Cinema: Hopes . . . Once Again). La
Quinta Rueda (Santiago), April 1973, pp. 10-11.
"Filmographie du nouveau cinema Chilian" (Filmo
graphy of the New Chilean Cinema). Cinema
(Paris), No. 164 (March 1972), p. 85. Short filmo
graphy and bibliography of the modern Chilean
cinema.
"Film in Chile: An Interview with Miguel Littin."
cin?aste 4 (Spring 1971): 4-11. An interview with
the director of El chacal de Nahultoro and La
tierra prometida.
Greenspun, Roger. "New Directors/New Films." Film
Comment 10 (September-October 1974): 4447.
Includes review of The Promised Land.
Littin, Miguel. "Apuntes de filmaci?n" (Film Notes).
La Quinta Rueda, November 1972, p. 13.
_El chacal de Nahueltoro (The Jackal).
Santiago: Editorial Zig-Zag, 1970. Screenplay and
discussion with Littin.
_"Film in Chile: An Interview with Miguel
Littin." cin?aste 4 (Spring 1971): 4-17.
_. "Nuevo cine, nuevos realizadores, nuevos
filmes: entrevista a Miguel Littin" (New Cinema,
New Directors, New Films: An Interview with
Miguel Littin). Cine Cubano, Nos. 63-64-65, pp.
1-6.
_" 'Primero hay que aprovechar el divi
dendo ideologico del cine': entrevista a Miguel
Littin" (First One Must Use the Ideological Bene
fits of the Cinema). Primer Piano (Valparaiso), 1
(Fall 1972): 4-16.
_"La tierra prometida" (The Promised
Land). Crisis (Buenos Aires), No. 2 (June 1973),
pp. 38-42. Conversation with Littin on his last film
made in Chile.
"Manifiesto de los cineastas de la Unidad Popular"
(Manifesto of the Filmmakers of Popular Unity).
Hablemos de Cine 8 (January-March 1972): 43-44.
Racz, Juan-Andres. "El Chacal de Nahueltoro."
cin?aste 4 (Winter 1970-1971): 37-38.
Soto Gandarillas, J. "Panorama actual del cine chileno"
(The Real Situation with Respect to Chilean
Cinema). Hablemos de Cine 8 (January-March
1972): 25-27. A brief history of the Chilean
cinema.
Surkin, Marvin. Reviews of Introduction to Chile,
Que Hacer (What Do We Do?), and When the
People Awake, cin?aste 6 (Fall 1972): 52-53.
Political documentaries on Chile.
Torres, Augusto M., and Estremer?, Manuel Perez.
"Chile: Introduction to Chilean Cinema." Cine
ma-TV Digest, No. 33 (Fall 1972), pp. 31-32.
Torres, Augusto M. "Conversando con Miguel Littin"
(Conversation with Miguel Littin). Cine Cubano,
Nos. 76-77 (1972), pp. 26-29. Littin's views on the
role of the Chilean cinema under Allende.
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Brazil
Bernardet, Jean-Claude. "Para um cinema dinamico"
(Towards a Dynamic Cinema). Revista Civilizacao
Brasileira (Rio de Janeiro), No. 2 (May 1965), pp.
219-226.
"Cinema Novo v. Cultural Colonialism: An Interview
with Glauber Rocha." cin?aste 4 (Summer 1970):
2-9, 35. Origin, characteristics, and goals of Cinema
Novo.
Dahl, Gustavo. "Cinema novo e sue publico" (Cinema
Novo and its Public). Revista Civilizacao Brasileira,
Nos. 11-12 (December 1966-March 1967), pp. 192
202.
Dahl, Gustavo; Diegues, Carlos; Neves, David;
Saraceni, Paulo Cesar; and Viany, Alex. "Vitoria
do cinema novo" (The Victory of Cinema Novo).
Revista Civilizacao Brasileira, No. 2 (May 1965),
pp. 227-248.
Fisher, Jack. "Politics by Magic: Antonio das Mortes."
The Film Journal 1 (Spring 1971): 32-38.
Gomes, P.E.S. Panorama de cinema brasileiro: 1896
1966 (Panorama of Brazilian Cinema: 1896-1966).
Sao Paulo: Universidade de Sao Paulo, Escola de
Comunicacoes e Artes, 1970.
Gonzaga, Adhemar, and Salles, P.E. 70 anos de cinema
brasileiro (70 Years of Brazilian Cinema). Rio de
Janeiro: Editora Expressao e Cultura, 1966.
Hitchens, Gordon. "The Way to Make a Future: A
Conversation with Glauber Rocha." Film Quarterly
24 (Fall 1970): 27-30.
"Hollywood Producers Go Rolling Down to Rio."
Business Week, 25 September 1965, pp. 32-35.
Martins, Luciano. "Terra em transe." Revista Civiliza
cao Brasileira, No. 14 (July 1967), pp. 227-232.
Article on Glauber Rocha's latest film.
Neves, David E. Cinema novo no Brasil (Cinema Novo
in Brazil). Petropolis: Vozes, 1966. An introduc
tion to the Cinema Novo movement in Brazil,
including information on films and directors.
Nogueira, Rui, and Zalaffi, Nicoletta. "Brasil Ano
1970. " Cinema (Cambridge), No. 5 (February
1970), pp. 14-20.
Olivova, Drahomira. "A critica e o novo cinema"
(Criticism and the Cinema Novo). Revista Civili
zacao Brasileira, Nos. 9-10 (September-November
1966), pp. 205-216.
Playfair, Guy. "Festivals and a Revolution." Sight and
Sound 33 (Autumn 1964): 169-170.
Quesada, Luis. "Brazil's Film-Makers Move to the
City: The Force of Realism." Atlas, September
1971, pp. 51-52. A review of A cidade grande by
Carlos Diegues.
Rocha, Glauber. "Beginning at Zero: Notes on Cinema
and Society." Tulane Drama Review, No. 14
(Winter 1970), pp. 144-149. Cinema Novo as an
alternative to Hollywood-influenced Brazilian
films.
_"Cabezas cortadas: Interview with
Glauber Rocha." Afterimage, No. 3 (Summer
1971), pp. 68-77.
_"Carta de Glauber Rocha" (Letter from
Glauber Rocha). One Cubano, Nos. 71-72, pp.
1-11.
_ . "Cinema Novo vs. Cultural Colonialism:
An Interview with Glauber Rocha." cin?aste 4
(Summer 1970): 2-9.
_Deus e o diablo na terra do sol (Black
God, White Devil). Rio de Janeiro: Editora Civiliza
cao Brasileira, 1965. Essays by Rocha and others
on Rocha's breakthrough film of the Cinema Novo
movement.
_"Urna estetica de fome." Revista Civiliza
cao Brasileira, No. 3 (July 1965), pp. 165-170.
_Revision critica del cine brasile?o (Criti
cal Review of the Brazilian Cinema). Madrid: Edi
torial Fundamentos, 1971. A collection of Rocha's
writings on film.
_"Somos los heraldos de la revoluci?n:
entrevista con Glauber Rocha" (We Are the Har
bingers of the Revolution: Interview with Glauber
Rocha). Cine Cubano, Nos. 73-74-75 (1972), pp.
40-46.
_"We Are the Harbingers of the Revolu
tion: An Interview with Glauber Rocha." Atlas,
October 1971, pp. 54-55.
Rocha, Glauber, and Torres, Augusto M. Glauber
Rocha y cabezas cortadas (Glauber Rocha and
Severed Heads). Barcelona: Editorial Anagrama,
1970. Includes screenplay of Cabezas cortadas.
Schwarz, Roberto. "O cinema e os fuzis." Revista
Gv?izacao Brasileira, Nos. 9-10 (November 1966),
pp. 217-222.
Silva, Alberto. "O filme de cangaco" (A Western).
Filme Cultura (Rio de Janeiro) 2 (November
December 1970): 42-49. A history of the Brazil
ian western.
Tulen, Frederic. "Brazil's Cinema." Vogue 152 (Octo
ber 1968): 152.
Viany, Alex. "Brazil-In Step with a Latin Beat."
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Garcia Riera, Emilio. Historia documental del cine
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By Whom, Against Whom?). Cine Cubano, Nos.
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since 1957.

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on film distribution and exhibition in Venezuela
and other Latin American countries. Demonstrates
American domination of film industry.

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