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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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++++ Old And New; Or, Taste Versus Fashion Mrs. J. Sadlier Kenedy,
1903 History; General; History / General
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