CALL FOR PAPERS

“Reel” Latin America: Framing the 21^st Century:

A conference on Latin American and US Latino Film

The conference committee invites submissions in English, Portuguese or Spanish for individual papers, and/or complete panels for its forthcoming conference on Latin American and US Latino film to be held on the campus of the University of Louisville between October 4-5, 2013.

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

Please send one-page abstracts to Manuel Medina, at manuel.medina@louisville.edu

The deadline for panel proposals is July 15, 2013.

All submitters will receive a confirmation of receipt email from the conference within 5 business days of receipt of their submissions. Accepted submitters will receive notification via email in mid-July.

For more information on our conference, please see http://www.louisville.edu/spanish/film-conference or http://medina502.com/reel_latin_america/index.php

Organized by the Department of Classical and Modern Languages,

College of Arts and Sciences

University of Louisville.