This anthology provides an insight into Latin American sociocultural life and history as
expressed by the medium of film. After an overview about the Socio-political Cinema in Latin
America the subsequent articles spotlight socio-historical and cinematic topics such as Film
and History Guerilla Filmmaking and Indigenous Cinema. The following essays aim at presenting
paradigmatically selected nations with their rich and turbulent histories and at providing the
opportunity for more detailed discussion of some of the fascinating Latin American film-makers.
Finally various reviews of mainly contemporary films focusing on socio-critical aspects
complete this volume.
