Cine in Latin America

Mexico and Brazil’s CinemaHUM 2461

What do we call Golden Age of Mexican Cinema

La Época de oro del cine mexicano

A period between 1936 and 1969.

¡Vámonos con Pancho Villa! (1935).

What is happening in the United States during that

period?

In 1939 Europe and the US WW II

The greed of war affected the film industries of these regions.

We talked about how Latin America were allies

Caribe and South American countries were not involved,

unlike México.After Germany attacked PEMEX oil tankers in the golf of México.

In 1942 Germans attacked two Hispanic Countries

Mexico

and

Brazil

What happened to México after 1942?

It encountered a scarcity of consumer goods, including

film. … Mexican film industry found new sources of materials and

equipment.

Why Mexican cinema became popular?

While Mexican movie industry focused on other topics such as society and family

issues, social values (fidelity, love, et cetera) and Mexican indigenous.

Thus, México became dominant in the Mexican and Latin American markets.

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Allá en el rancho grande

The rural genre but also in the musical/comedy genre

La perla (1947)

A drama film.This last film was written by Pullitzer prize-winning author John Steinbeck and adapted to the screen by Emilio

Fernández "El Indio" who also directed it.

Jalisco canta en Sevilla (1949)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObDWtMQ93ws&feature=

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Jorge Negrete and Pedro Infante

Mexican divas

Dolores del Río

María Félizhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=GdaLl6Tjx88

About Dolores del Río

María Candelaria (1943)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYOt9ysGibA

Galleryhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHkhMS9VC-g&feature=

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Moviehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDJQ42TQSMA

Rumbera’s film

It was a sub-genre film of the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema.

Plots were set primarily in cabarets. His principal stars were the actresses and

dancers known as "Rumberas” such asNinon Sevilla

Most known “Rumbera Dancers”

CUBA:Ninón Sevilla: Aventurera (1950)Rita Montaner: Víctimas del pecado (1950)Rosa Carmina

ARGENTINA:Amalia Aguilar:

SPAIN:María Antonieta Pons

Chiquita Banana

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0A834CwzNHI&feature=

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By The Terry Twins

Brazilian Cinema

Best production is in 1946, Gilda de Abreu's O Ébrio, a film very much

representative of typical Latin melodrama.

In 1939, President Getúlio Vargas created a decree.

Carmen Miranda0 Mama eu quero (Lyrics, 1936)0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=

rghDW0qCANE

0 South American Way (Lyrics, 1939)0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FONClVVgp58&feature=related

0 Copacabana (1947)0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFOogEdoQwo&feature=

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0 Week-end in the Habana (1951)0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1KmUV7jaag&feature=relate

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Brazilian music (Bossa Nova Style)Antonio Carlos Jobim

Caetano VellosoGilberto GilRegina Ellis

Chico BuarqueRita Lee

Cinema Novo (60’s)

Glauber Rocha, a very political filmmaker from Bahia, quickly became the most notable director, often held as

"leader" of the movement. His work possesses many allegorical elements, strong political critique and an

impeccable mise-en-scene that were readily embraced by intellectuals.

Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol Terra em Transe

Current Cinema

Brazil is the home of an important national cinema, which has received less recognition in

North America and other parts of the world than it has deserved, until the very recent international success of Central do Brasil

(Central Station, directed by Walter Salles, 1998) and Fernando Meirelles/Katia Lund’s

Cidade de Deus (City of God, 2002).

Other Movies are

Casseta & PlanetaOs Normais

Tropa de EliteD’outro lado da rua

Ao omen que fotocopiaba