SPAN 210 - Latin America on Film

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Film Databases

Film Literature Index
Film and Television · Index of journal articles

International Index to the Performing Arts (IIPA)
Dance, film, drama/theater, stagecraft, broadcast arts, comedy, · Abstracts of journal articles.

Latin America Databases

HAPI - Hispanic American Periodicals Index
Citations to articles about US-Hispanic and Latin American topics, with links to full-text articles online where available. Articles may be in English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and/or Spanish. Covers over 500 scholarly journals worldwide. Try a subject search for "Latin America in Motion Pictures."

HLAS - Handbook of Latin American Studies
Citations and abstracts to books, chapters in books, and journal articles about all aspects of Latin American studies, with links to full-text articles online where available.

Additional Databases

Sociological Abstracts
Citations and abstracts to articles from an international collection of journal titles as well as abstracts to dissertations, and conference proceedings. Subject focus includes sociology, family studies, gerontology, sociolinguistics and related fields. Try a descriptor term search for "Latin America" and "Films", or a search by country, e.g. "Bolivia" and "Films".

Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS)
Citations and abstracts to articles in the social sciences. Try a subject search for "Latin America" and "Movies", or a search by country, e.g., "Argentina" and "Movies".

Web Research

Cinema in Latin America
This is the film page from LANIC, the Latin American Network Information Center, maintained by the University of Texas at Austin. The page features links to many useful resources on Latin American film, organized by country.

Zona Latina's Latin American Cinema page
A comprehensive list of resources on Latin American film from Zona Latina, a popular page on Latin American media and marketing.