Latin American and Spanish Film

 

The main Library of Congress classification for film material is PN1993-PN1997.
 

I. Online Resources.

A.         UT-LANIC.

The principle ‘gateway” to Internet sites about Latin American films, along with some links to sites on motion pictures in general, is provided by UT-LANIC, the University of Texas Latin American Studies Institute.  The URL for this site is: http://lanic.utexas.edu/.


B.         Film Indexes Online.

FIO consists of two databases (the American Film Institute catalogs and the Film Index International created by the British Film Institute) that may be searched separately or together.  Not necessarily as complete as the Internet Movie Database, but the information here is more authoritative.
     

II. Access to Scholarly Articles

A.         Film Literature Index (FLI)

The principal index to the international periodical literature of film and television/video.

Coverage:  1973 to present.  annually indexes 150 film and television periodicals from 30 countries cover-to-cover and 200 other periodicals selectively for articles on film and television. The periodicals range from the scholarly to the popular. More than 2,000 subject headings provide detailed analysis of the articles.

 Location:  ONLINE (http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/fli/index.jsp)  

 

B.         International Index to the Performing Arts (IIPA).  ONLINE 

IIPA provides an index to 210 journals in the performing arts including film.  Full-text is available for some of these journals back to 1998. 

C.         The MLA International Bibliography  ONLINE

Primarily devoted to literature and language, the MLA (Modern Language Association of America) International Bibliography is of some use for the study of ancillary subjects such as folklore, theater, and film, especially for the more theoretical aspects of those fields as they converge with or derive from literary and linguistic theory.  Includes articles from 1963 to the present.  For earlier years consult the printed volumes in the Watson Reference Dept. (Z7006 .M64)

D.         Hispanic American Periodicals Index (HAPI)  ONLINE

HAPI is an online index to journal articles from approximately 400l journals published around the world that regularly contain information on Latin America.  It covers from 1970 to the present, with quarterly uploads.

E.         FIAF International Index to Film Periodicals  

FIAF offers coverage of hundreds of the world’s foremost academic and popular film journals right up to the present day.  May of these key titles are available here in full-text including complete runs.
 
F.  Informe:  Revistas en español

G.  Handbook for Latin American Studies

III. Access to Newspaper and Magazine Articles, Including Reviews

A.  Lexis/Nexis Academic. ONLINE

Academic Universe is one of the best sources for full-text, recent (very up-to-date) newspaper and magazine articles, including reviews about films. 

B.  New York Times. ONLINE

This database provides complete New York Times (1851 to 1999) online.  The full text is indexed.  For 1999 to the present look at the National Newspaper Index (ONLINE). 

IV. Reference Books

Note:  All books listed are in the Watson Library Reference Collection unless otherwise indicated.

A.  Dictionaries  (Books with primarily technical or historical terms)

  • Almoina, Helena.  Notas para la historia del cine en México, 1896-1925.  Mexico City, Mexico: Filmoteca, UNAM, [1980].  2 vols.  PN1993.5.M4 N67
  • García Riera, Emilio.  Historia documental del cine mexicano.  Guadalajara, Jalisco, México: Universidad de Guadalajara, 1992-.  17 vols.  PN1993.5.M4 G295 1992 
  • A Guide to Latin American, Caribbean, and U.S. Latino made film and video.  Eds.  Karen Ranucci and Julie Feldman.  Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 1998.  PN1995.9.L37 G85 1998 
  • Hayward, Susan.  Key Concepts in Cinema Studies.  London & New York: Routledge, 1996. PN 1993.45 .H36 1996
  • International Film, Television and Video Acronyms.  Ed. Matthew Stevens.  Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 1993.  PN 1993.45 .S76 1993
  • Jackson, Kevin.  The Language of Cinema.  New York: Routledge, 1998.  PN 1993.45 .J23 1998
    Konigsberg, Ira.  The Complete Film Dictionary.  2nd ed.  New York: Penguin, 1997.  PN 1993.45 .K66 1997
  • Slide, Anthony.  The International Film Industry: A Historical Dictionary.  Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 1989.  PN 1993.45 .S57 1989
  • Schwartz, Ronald.  Latin American films, 1932-1994: a critical filmography.  Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co., c1997.  PN1995.9.L37 S38 1997 
  • Trelles Plazaola, Luis.  South American cinema, dictionary of film makers.  Río Piedras, P.R.: Editorial de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, 1989.  PN1998.2 .T7413 1989
  • Wilt, David E.  The Mexican filmography : 1916 through 2001.  Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co., c2004.  PN1993.5.M4 W55 2004 

 

B.  Encyclopedias and Guides (Primarily contain short pieces on directors, performers, critical concepts, etc.)

  • Diccionario de Realizadores.  Clara Kriger y Alejandra Portela, compiladoras.  Buenos Aires: Ediciones del Jilguero, 1997.  PN 1998.2 .D49 1997
  • Magill’s Survey of Cinema: Foreign Language Films.  Ed. Frank N. Magill.  Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Salem Press, 1985.  8vols.  PN 1993.45 .M34 1985
  • Roud, Richard, ed.  Cinema: a Critical Dictionary: The Major Film-makers.  New York: Viking Press, 1980.  2 vols.  PN 1993.45 .C5
  • World Film Directors.  Ed. John Wakeman.  New York: H.W. Wilson, 1987-1988.  2 vols. (Vol II: 1945-1985)  PN 1998.2 .W67 1987

C.  Filmography (Many of the encyclopedias also include filmographies)

  • Schwartz, Ronald.  Latin American Films, 1932-1994: A Critical Filmography.  Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1997.  PN 1995.9 .L37S38
  • Higgins, Susan J.  A Latin American Filmography.  Austin: Inst. Of Lat. Am. Studies, Univ. of Texas, 1978.  PN 1998 .H54
  • The International Film Index, 1895-1990.  E. Alan Goble.  London: Bowker-Saur. 1991.  (Vol. 1: Film Titles; Vol. 2: Directors’ Filmography and Indexes)

D.  Bibliography (Retrospective)

  • Burton, Julianne, The New Latin American Cinema: An Annotated Bibliography of Sources in English, Spanish, and Portuguese, 1960-1980.  New York: Smyrna Press, 1983. Z 5784. M9B93
  • Manuel, Frank.  Film Study: An Analytical Bibliography.  Rutherford, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1990-  .  4 vol. Z5784 .M9M84
  • Ellis, Jack C., Charles Derry and Sharon Kern.  The Film Book Bibliography 1940-1975.  Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1979.  Z5784.M9E44
  • The Film Index: A Bibliography.  Ed. Harold Leonard.  New York: MOMA Film Library and H.W. Wilson, 1941-  .  Z5784 .M9W75
  • McCann, Richard Dyer and Edward S. Perry.  The New Film Index: A Bibliography of Magazine Articles in English, 1930-1970.  New York: Dutton, 1975.  Z5784 .M9M29 1975
  • Rehauer, George.  The Macmillan Film Bibliography.  New York: Macmillan, 1982.  2 vols.  Z5784 .M9R423 1982

 

V. Access to Books:  The Online Catalog (Subject Headings)

 

Any individual’s name (surname, given names)—i.e., director, philosopher, performer, critic

Motion pictures

Motion pictures—[individual country or region, or directly by individual state or province]

            Motion pictures—Latin America
            Motion pictures—Mexico
            Motion pictures—Brazil
            Motion pictures—Caribbean Area

 

These headings can be further divided, by type of item or more specific subject:

            Motion pictures—Argentina—Catalogs
            Motion pictures—Brazil—Bibliography
            Motion pictures—Brazil—Dictionaries
            Motion pictures—Chile—Plots, themes, etc.
            Motion pictures—Cuba—Periodicals
            Motion pictures—Latin America—History—Congresses
            Motion pictures—Mexico--Filmography
            Motion pictures—Mexico—Guadalajara
            Motion pictures—Mexico—Catalogs
            Motion pictures—Uruguay—Reviews
            Motion pictures—Venezuela—History

Motion pictures—Bibliography
Motion pictures—Book reviews—Indexes
Motion pictures—Catalogs
Motion pictures—Censorship
Motion pictures—Dictionaries
Motion pictures—History
Motion pictures—Philosophy
Motion pictures—Political aspects [subdivided by country]
            Motion pictures—Political aspects—Chile
            Motion pictures—Political aspects—Chile—History
Motion pictures—Religious aspects
Motion pictures—Reviews
Motion pictures—Social aspects [can be subdivided by country]
Motion pictures—Social aspects—Latin America

Motion pictures and history
Motion pictures and the arts

Motion picture acting
Motion picture actors and actresses [can be subdivided by country]
            Motion picture actors and actresses—Mexico—Biography
Motion picture audiences
Motion pictures and literature

Motion picture industry [can be subdivided by country]
            Motion picture industry—Brazil
            Motion picture industry--Brazil—History
            Motion picture industry—Brazil—History—Bibliography

Motion picture producers and directors [can be subdivided by country]
            Motion picture producers and directors—Argentina
           
Latin America in motion pictures
Latin Americans in motion pictures
Communism and motion pictures
Homosexuality in motion pictures
Politics in motion pictures
Sex role in motion pictures
Social problems in motion pictures
Women in motion pictures

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