Negrometraje

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We are a podcast dedicate to the analysis of Black representation in the Americas. Our missions to help people think critically about Black-Latinx invisibility in film and mass media.

Aisha Cort, Manuel Mendez


    • Nov 20, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 50m AVG DURATION
    • 2 EPISODES


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    Pelo Malo and European Standard of Beauty

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2021 48:43


     Notes and Links—Movie Reviewed: Smith, Paul J, Film Quarterly, “Screenings: San Sebastian International Film Festival,” Vol. 67, No. 1 (Fall 2013), pp 55-57Walsh, Katie, Los Angeles Times; “In ‘Pelo Malo,' boy's hair issues spark tensions with mother,” January 22, 2015—Interlude: “Pelo afro: El cabello que no aceptamos en R.D,” Youtube, August 1, 2016—Links and Resources: Ortiz-Loyola, Brenda. “Straight or Curly? Hair and Race in Carmen Montanez's Pelo Bueno, Pelo Malo,”Hispania Vol 100, No. 3 (September 2017) pp. 421-430. Farrell, Michelle. Remezcla; “The Director of ‘Bad Hair' talks about about Venezuela's Dangerous Obsession with Beauty”. November 19 2014. Garsd, Jasmine, NPR;  ‘Pelo Malo' Is A Rare Look into Latin American Race Relations”, December 10, 2014. Ferrighetto, Marissa. Panoramas; “Pelo Malo: A Look into the Complexities of Identity in Latin America,” September 2, 2016. Foundation, Sasha M. Hey Mi Gente; “Pelo Malo Y Pelo Bueno,” May 27, 2016.  —Find additional episodes, leave a comment, or  support the podcast at negrometraje.com.—Email us, or follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook(Suggestions of movies to watch for future episodes are very welcome.)—Find additional episodes, leave a comment, or  support the podcast at negrometraje.com. 

    El Otro Francisco y Negrometraje

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2020 51:55


    Notes and Links—podcast theme song by : John and Anastasia —Movie Reviewed:Lesage, Julia, Jump Cut; “The Other Francisco Creating History,” Jump Cut: A Review of Contemporary Media.No.30, March 1985, pp.53-58—Interlude “El Otro Francisco by Sergio Giral.” Youtube, Nov 21, 2015. Carlos Lopez.—Links and Resources: “Why should you read Shakespeare’s ‘The Tempest’? -Iseult Gillespie.” Youtube, Feb 5, 2019.TED-Ed. Cort, Aisha Z. "Rethinking Caliban: Shakespeare and Césaire in the "Negrometraje" of Sergio Giral." Afro-Hispanic Review 33, no. 2 (2014): 41-58. Accessed August 19, 2020. www.jstor.org/stable/24585221. Bruner, Charlotte H. "The Meaning of Caliban in Black Literature Today." Comparative Literature Studies 13, no. 3 (1976): 240-53. Accessed August 19, 2020. www.jstor.org/stable/40246045. Retamar, Roberto Fernández. "Para La Historia De Calibán." Guaraguao 2, no. 4 (1997): 76-90. Accessed August 19, 2020. www.jstor.org/stable/25596001. Kaisary, Philip. “Black Agency and Aesthetic Innovation in Sergio Giral’s El otro Francisco.” Publication of the Afro-Latin/AMerican Reasearch Association, Fall 2009, Issue 23. Zabus, Chantal. “The Rise of Caliban.” Tempests after Shakespeare, June 29, 2002. —Find additional episodes, leave a comment, or  support the podcast at negrometraje.com.—Email us, or follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. (Suggestions of movies to watch for future episodes are very welcome.)

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