Tomas Gutierrez Alea's Memories of Underdevelopment (1968) is a classic of Cuban revolutionary culture, and is hailed as a prime example of a radical style of 1960s political filmmaking that became known worldwide as Latin American "new cinema." Darlene J. Sadlier's detailed study approaches this much-written-about film from a new perspective. Her analysis situates the film in its historical context, considering how Cuban political history affected and informed the production of the film, particularly its use of archival footage. She discusses the film as an adaptation of Edmundo Desnoes's novel Memorias del subdesarrollo (1965), exploring how the novel itself is "re-written" in significant ways by the film. Sadlier goes on to analyse the curious opening of the film on an outdoor scene of Afro-Cubans dancing to the "new" music of Pello del Afrokan, arguing that this opening scene prefaces the film's exploration of both class and race. She focuses on the unique style of the film, particularly the use of voiceover, music and documentary footage to show how the themes of ennui, isolation, writing, and remembering are depicted. In doing so, she highlights the film's lasting impact and its role in defining Latin American "new cinema".

Since the late nineteenth century, Brazilians have turned to documentaries to explain their country to themselves and to the world. In a magisterial history covering one hundred years of cinema, Darlene J. Sadlier identifies Brazilians' unique contributions to a diverse genre while exploring how that genre has, in turn, contributed to the making and remaking of Brazil. A Century of Brazilian Documentary Film is a comprehensive tour of feature and short films that have charted the social and political story of modern Brazil. The Amazon appears repeatedly and vividly. Sometimes-as in a prize-winning 1922 feature-the rainforest is a galvanizing site of national pride; at other times, the Amazon has been a focus for land-reform and Indigenous-rights activists. Other key documentary themes include Brazil's swings from democracy to dictatorship, tensions between cosmopolitanism and rurality, and shifting attitudes toward race and gender. Sadlier also provides critical perspectives on aesthetics and media technology, exploring how documentaries inspired dramatic depictions of poverty and migration in the country's Northeast and examining Brazilians' participation in streaming platforms that have suddenly democratized filmmaking.

Let us consider an excerpt: On the the signs of Last Judgment Matthew 24 Q. How shall the last day come? A. It shall surprise all the world. For it shall catch, as in a net, all who dwell on the surface of the earth. Q. Shall men have no warning, then, or the coming or that day? A. Yes; they shall be warned by many preceding signs. But, as it was in the time of the deluge, when men neglected the warnings of Noah, so shall it be in those latter days, when men shall likewise neglect the warnings which God shall give them by those signs. St. Matt. Xxiv 37 Q. What shall those signs be, A. lst. There shall be wars, famines, plagues, and earthquakes, in divers places. 2d. The Gospel shall be preached throughout the earth. 3d. There shall arise false Christs and false prophets who shall work great prodigies and do marvellous things; so as even to deceive the elect, if that were possible. 4th. Faith shall be enfeebled, and the charity of many shall have grown cold. 5th. Enoch and Elias shall come to preach penance, and their preaching shall convert the Jews. Enoch, taken up in the year of the world 987; and Elias, in 3108. 6th. Then shall Antichrist appear, and his reign shall be three years and a half. Q. Are these all the signs which shall precede the last judgment? A. No; there shall be others still. Q. What shall they be? A. 1st. The sun shall be darkened. 2d. The moon shall withhold her light. 3d. The stars shall fall from heaven. 4th. The powers of heaven shall be moved. 5th. The sea shall make a terrific noise, by the roaring of its waves. 6th. All things shall be consumed by fire. Q. What shall become of men at the sigh of these things? A. They shall wither away with fear, in expectation of what is to come upon them. Q. What does Our Lord say on this subject? A. 1st. Watch ye, therefore, praying at all times, that you may be accounted worthy to escape all those things that are to come, and to stand before the Son of man. 2d. Take heed to yourselves, lest perhaps your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and the cares of this life. 3d. But, for you, said he to his apostles, when these things begin to come to pass, look up, and lift your heads; because your redemption is at hand.

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