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Analyses how various collectives, organisations, and independent media used photography to expose and protest the crimes of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet's regime. Featuring never-before-seen photos and other archival material, this book reflects on the integral role of images in public memory and issues of reparation and justice.

In the first history of Spanish-language television in America, Craig Allen traces the development of two prominent yet little-studied powerhouses, Univision and Telemundo. Allen tells the story of how these networks fought to rise as giants of mass communication, questioning monolingual and Anglo-centred versions of US television history.

Explores how contemporary documentary film gives voice to Latin American immigrants whose stories would not otherwise be heard. Contributors examine the ways these films highlight the individual agency of immigrants as well as the global systemic conditions that lead to mass migrations from Latin American countries to the United States and Europe.

While the Cuban internet has long been characterized by censorship, high costs, slow speeds, and limited access, this volume argues that since 2013, technological developments have allowed for a fundamental reconfiguration of the cultural, economic, social, and political spheres of the Revolutionary project.

Presents examples of how digital technologies are being used by people of African descent in South America and the Caribbean. These case studies show that in the last few decades, Black Latinx communities have been making themselves visible and asserting longstanding claims and rights through digital tools and platforms.

The first volume to challenge the dismissal of Mexican filmmaking from the 1960s to 1980s, an era long considered a low-budget departure from the artistic quality and international acclaim of the nation's earlier Golden Age. This collection examines the critical implications of discovering, uncovering, and recovering forgotten or ignored films.

An incisive analysis of contemporary crime film in Brazil, this book focuses on how movies in this genre represent masculinity and how their messages connect to twenty-first-century sociopolitical issues. Jeremy Lehnen argues that these films promote an agenda in support of the nation's recent swing toward authoritarianism.

The first volume to challenge the dismissal of Mexican filmmaking from the 1960s to 1980s, an era long considered a low-budget departure from the artistic quality and international acclaim of the nation's earlier Golden Age. This collection examines the critical implications of discovering, uncovering, and recovering forgotten or ignored films.