We would like to invite you to the online symposium On/Off Screen. The Other Histories of Cinema in Latin America / Las otras historias del cine en América Latina. This two-day event (April 15-16, 2021), sponsored by Tulane University, highlights the work of scholars exploring the practices of film distribution, exhibition and cinema going in Latin America. Over the past decade, the receiving end of the film chain has received increasing scholarly attention. Although this turn has made inroads beyond Eurocentric, Anglo-American limits, there is still a need to highlight other important cinematographic regions, especially Latin America. Invited speakers include members of Cultura de la Pantalla (http://cinemacitycultures.org/cultura-de-la-pantalla/), a network of film, media and communication researchers in Latin America and Europe collaborating in a series of multi-method longitudinal studies on urban cinema cultures in the Spanish-language world. Together they are writing ‘new cinema histories’ for these regions with a focus on exhibition, programming and audience experiences. This approach, focusing “on the circulation and consumption of film” and examining “cinema as a site of social and cultural exchange” (Richard Maltby, 2011) has proven very productive, thanks to its interdisciplinary and methodological openness.
The symposium will consist of two half days on Thursday, April 15, and Friday, April 16 (9 AM to 12 PM CST), with presentations and discussions about cinema history in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico and the USA.
See the full program schedule and registration info: