The conference on Latin American and US Latino film to be held on the campus of the University of Louisville invites scholars to take part on an academic exchange on the status of Latin American film

We welcome papers and panels relating to the study of film and documentary, including, but by no means limited to:

• The role of digital media in the current boom of Latin American Film
• National cinemas
• Minorities’s involvement as consumers and producers of film and television culture, and representations of women within television and film
• The documentary genre in Latin America and US Latino Film
• Women’s participation in, and creation of film and documentary
• The role of the Escuela de Cine y Televisión de Cuba in the development of the New Latin American film
• The Latin American film subject
• Latin American film festivals
• Film and Latin American Cultural Studies
• Film in pedagogy
• The role of music and the visual arts in Latin American and US Latino film
• Latin American film production’s engagement with social media and their work as bloggers and cultural critics