Before the Social Documentary: Travelogue, Ethnography, and Non- Fiction Film Practices in Latin America

Thursday, August 3 – 2:00 – 3:30 P.M.
Octavio Getino y Fernando Solanas – CCBorges-UNTREF
Simultaneous Translation
Chair: Nilo Couret, University of Michigan (USA)

1. Jennifer Peterson, Woodbury University (USA),
“South America for Northerners: Argentina and Brazil in Early U.S. Travelogues and Newsreels”.
2. Julián Etienne, University of Texas, Austin (USA),
“Mapping deep culture. Ethnographic film and indigenismo in Mexico”.
3. Nilo Couret, University of Michigan (USA),
“Counterclaiming the Real: The Origins of Documentary in Brazil”.
4. Ana López, Tulane University (USA),
“The Travelogue Within: Making, Defining, Contesting Nation”.