CCS 400 JUNIOR SEMINAR
LATIN AMERICA IN FILM
Guidelines for Writing Film Response Papers
How to cite and list references in APA format
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Movie Schedule
Jan. 22-24 "Like Water for Chocolate" Mexico Response paper due Feb. 1
Notes and Analysis for "Like Water...."
Feb. 5-7 "Men with Guns" Response paper due Feb. 15
The Alliance for Progress and the Relationship between the Rich and the Military in Latin America
Notes on
El Salvador: Portraits in a Revolution.
Feb. 19-21
"Strawberry and
Chocolate" Cuba & Caribbean
Response paper due March 1
For more information on "Strawberry and Chocolate" and Cuba, go to Cuba, Cuban
Impressions and Inside Castro's Cuba.
A major distinction in Cuban politics is whether a dissident
is "within the revolution" or "outside the revolution."
Click here for an interview with a
major political dissident who is "within the revolution."
The U.S. planned to provoke Cuba into an attack in the 1960s. Read the recently declassified document at The
National Security Archives. (These are photocopies of the actual
documents. They take a little while to download.)
March 12-14 "Four Days in September" Brazil. Response paper due March 22
Notes and Analysis for "Four Days...."
My notes on the Belgian documentary, "Children of Rio" ("Gosses de Rio"), 1995. The problem explored in this film (the murder of street children) is still current in Brazil's major cities.
The Amazon River Basin is Brazil's major natural resource and
perhaps its biggest headache.
Here are my notes on a 2002 BBC
documentary on the Amazon region.
March 26-28 "The Motorcycle Diaries" Chile and Perú Response paper due April 5
April 4-9 "The Official Story" Argentina Response paper due April 19
For recent revelations about U.S. policy towards the Argentine dictatorship at the time of "The Official Story," click here.
April 18-23 "Missing" Chile Response paper due April 26
For a pretty good account of the first day of the coup against the
Allende government (Sept. 11, 1973), see "The
Definitive Coup," by Ewin Martinez.
Recent revelations about the Charles
Horman case
May
2002 report on the Horman murder
"Consul Phil Putnam" in the movie was in real life Consul Fred Purdy. He was recently back in the news.
National
Security Archive record of State Department memo concerning the case.
Note: "Version 1" and "Version
2" are simply different copies of the same memo, with slightly
different
sections blocked out. "Version 2" is easier to read.
Even more relevant
documents from the National Security Archive.
Note: These documents are heavily censored and
take time to appear on your screen.
Links to everything the National Security Archive has on Chile, the coup and Pinochet.
On January 15, 2006, Chile elected its first woman president--Michelle Bachelet--also the first woman to become president of any Latin American country by means of election.
Films not on this semester's schedule:
"Romero" (El Salvador)
I have written a critique of "Romero".
"Burn!" (fictional Caribbean)
"Salvador" (El Salvador according to Oliver Stone)