Critical Writing Index

Breaking Stereotypes: The Chicago Latino Film Festival

by Christine List

Afterimage, Jan. 1989, v. 16, no. 6, p. 4

"Breaking Stereotypes" is a review of a festival that does just that. The Chicago Latino Film Festival presents works by global Latino artists that tackle many different issues from a variety of perspectives and styles. Common themes are political oppression in Latin American countries and immigration integration issues. The festival is being praised for bring together artists on a global and local level. An short but interesting note that while Pablo Perelman's Imagen Latent was banned from exhibition in Chile, it is being viewed via video cassettes.

ITEM 1989.116 – available for viewing in the Research Centre

Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited

Una Isla Rodeada De AguaMaria Novaro

Dias DificilesAlejandro Pelayo Rangel

For a Women in El Savador SpeakingSara Halprin

Under the Gun: Democracy in GuatemalaPat Goudvis

Under the Gun: Democracy in GuatemalaRobert Richter

MalabrigoAlberto Durant

Imagen LatentPablo Perelman