Film Archipelago

Antonio Gómez, Francisco-J. Hernández Adrián

"How do the islands and archipelagos of the New World figure in Latin American cinema? Comprising sixteen essays and a critical introduction, The Film Archipelago: Islands in Latin American Cinema addresses this by examining a series of intersections between insular spaces and filmmaking in Latin America. The volume brings together international scholars and filmmakers to consider a diverse corpus of films about islands, films that take place on islands, films produced in islands, and films that problematize islands. The book explores a diverse range of films that extend from the Chilean documentaries of Patricio Guzmán to work on the Malvinas/Falkland Islands, and films by Argentine directors Gustavo Fontán and Lucrecia Martel. Chapters focus on Rapa Nui (Easter Island), the Mexican Islas Marías, and the Panamanian Caribbean, and on ecocritical, environmental and film historical...