Indigenous Cinemas in the Americas Guest Lecture by Amalia Cordova (Smithsonian Institution's Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage)
Desciption:
Abya Yala, a Kuna term meaning “land of plenitude and maturity,” is the way the Americas are conceived by Indigenous groups, activists and scholars, particularly from “Latin America.” What does the cinematic practice of Abya Yala look like? How did it emerge? How is it different from mainstream, outsider or ethnographic modes of representation of Indigenous peoples of the continent? This talk will discuss diverse processes, contributions, and decolonial possibilities of Indigenous cinemas of Abya Yala and the politics of its exhibition and circulation.
Bio:
Amalia Córdova is the Latinx Digital Curator and Chair of Research and Education at the Smithsonian Institution's Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. She co-directs the Smithsonian Mother Tongue Film Festival. She is a former Latin American specialist for the Film + Video Center of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian and has taught courses on Indigenous film at New York University's Gallatin School of Individualized Study. Her essays have appeared in Media Cultures in Latin America: Key Concepts and New Debates (2019), From Filmmaker Warriors to Flash Drive Shamans: Indigenous Media Production and Engagement in Latin America (2018), The Routledge Companion to Latin American Cinema (2018), In the Balance: Indigeneity, Performance, Globalization (2017), New Documentaries in Latin America (2014), Film Festival Yearbook 4: Film Festivals and Activism (2012), and Global Indigenous Media (2008). She directed First Voices (2010) and co-produced the web series Urban Indians. She holds an M.A. in performance studies and a PhD in cinema studies from NYU. She is from Santiago, Chile/Wallmapu.
Event Info:
- Tuesday, November 30th 6:30PM
- Virtual Meeting Link
- Meeting ID: 841 0520 0537
- Passcode: 618630
