Based on a True Story: Latin American History at the MoviesDonald Fithian Stevens Combining history with discussions of dramatic cinema, Based on a True Story: Latin American History at the Movies examines how film has portrayed Latin America from the late fifteenth century to the present. The book opens with an introduction on the visual presentation of the past in the movies, while the rest of the book consists of essays that explore the best feature films on Latin America from the professional historian's perspective. |
Contents
Columbus Takes On the Forces of Darkness or Film | 13 |
Whose Conquest Is This Anyway? Aguirre the Wrath | 29 |
Film and the Writing | 63 |
Copyright | |
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