Latin American film industries / Tamara L. Falicov.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Falicov, Tamara Leah, author.

Contributor:

British Film Institute, issuing body.

Series:

International screen industries.

International screen industries

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion picture industry--Latin America.

Motion picture industry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury on behalf of the British film Instiute, 2019.

Summary:

"Film production in Latin America is as old as cinema itself, but local film industries have always been in a triangulated relationship with Hollywood and European cinema. This book situates Latin American film industries within the global circulation of film production, exhibition and distribution, charting the changes that the industries have undergone from the sound era to the present day. Focusing in particular on Argentina, Brazil and Mexico, Tamara Falicov examines commonalities among Latin American film industries, such as the challenges of procuring funding, competition from Hollywood, state funding battles, and the fickle nature of audiences, as well as censorship issues, competition from television, and the transnational nature of Latin American film. She addresses production, exhibition, and distribution contexts and financing and co-production with Europe and the United States, as well as the role of film festivals in funding and circulating films both within and outside of Latin America. Newer trends such as the revival of protectionist measures like the screen quota are framed in contrast to the U.S.'s push for trade policy liberalization and issues of universal concern such as film piracy, and new technologies and the role of television in helping and hindering Latin American cinema."--Bloomsbury publishing.

Contents:

Introduction

A brief history of the film studios

State film funding

Role of the private sector

Distribution

Exhibition

Film legislation, protectionism and piracy

Conclusion.

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781911239376

1911239376

9781911239383

1911239384

OCLC:

1090540648