South American Cinema

<p>Originally issued in hardcover in 1996 by Garland Publishing this important reference work is now available in paperback for a wider audience. A distinguished team of contributors has compiled entries on 140 significant South American feature films from the silent era until 1994. The entries discuss each film's subject matter critical reception and social and political contexts as well as its production distribution and exhibition history including technical credits. The entries are grouped by country and arranged chronologically. Both fiction and documentary films (some no longer in existence) are included as well as extensive title name and subject indexes and glossaries of film and foreign terms.</p>