Elizabeth Ramírez-Soto
Biographic Data
| ID | 3064990 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elizabeth Ramírez-Soto |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elizabeth |
| FAMILY NAME | Ramírez-Soto |
| SIGNATURE | RAMÍREZ-SOTO E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Fordham University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8095-639X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Early life adversity and suicide
Channel 4 and the South Series (1991-93)
This article provides a case study of a groundbreaking yet hitherto overlooked transnational coproduction experience on European broadcasting: the South series (1991–93). An ambitious initiative led by Channel 4’s Independent Film and Video Department (IFVD) and the South Productions company, headed by Argentine producer Ana de Skalon, the South series was widely conceived and promoted as the first magazine programme in the world to be directed b…
Bodies that Persist
This essay by Elizabeth Ramírez-Soto, co-editor of the Special Focus section “Chilean Film and Media: Fifty Years Later (1973/2023),” discusses the nonfiction responses to the 2019 estallido social (social uprising) as part of a longer history of documentary resistance. Ramírez-Soto argues postdictatorship Chilean documentary oscillates between an emphasis on the bodies of the direct victims of state-sanctioned violence and an emphasis on the bod…
The Double Day of Valeria Sarmiento
Though sometimes rightly hailed as one of Latin America’s most important women directors, Valeria Sarmiento is more frequently referred to as the wife (now widow) and closest collaborator of Raúl Ruiz. Since Ruiz’s death in 2011, she has been completing his unfinished films. At the same time, she continues directing her own projects. This essay unpacks her unique creative partnership—working as an editor for her husband while simultaneously striv…
Journeys of Desexilio
This article argues that despite the blossoming post-dictatorship Chilean documentary production and the growing scholarly interest that these works have aroused, little has been done to see these recent documentaries in relation to the prolific production of the so-called 'Chilean cinema in exile', which remains, for the most part, in 'exile'. This article draws on the notion of desexilio developed by Uruguayan writer Mario Benedetti to revisit …
Impertinent Interventions
Despite the pivotal place that Chilean filmmaker Raúl Ruiz occupies in the history of cinema, his vast and fascinating oeuvre has yet to be explored. This article reviews El cine de Raúl Ruiz: fantasmas, simulacros y artificios, a recently edited volume that puts into dialogue articles written by Chilean and foreign scholars and film critics that discuss from various perspectives the work of this elusive filmmaker. This book is interpreted as a r…
Journeys of Desexilio
This article argues that despite the blossoming post-dictatorship Chilean documentary production and the growing scholarly interest that these works have aroused, little has been done to see these recent documentaries in relation to the prolific production of the so-called 'Chilean cinema in exile', which remains, for the most part, in 'exile'. This article draws on the notion of desexilio developed by Uruguayan writer Mario Benedetti to revisit …
Impertinent Interventions
Despite the pivotal place that Chilean filmmaker Raúl Ruiz occupies in the history of cinema, his vast and fascinating oeuvre has yet to be explored. This article reviews El cine de Raúl Ruiz: fantasmas, simulacros y artificios, a recently edited volume that puts into dialogue articles written by Chilean and foreign scholars and film critics that discuss from various perspectives the work of this elusive filmmaker. This book is interpreted as a r…
Journeys of Desexilio
This article argues that despite the blossoming post-dictatorship Chilean documentary production and the growing scholarly interest that these works have aroused, little has been done to see these recent documentaries in relation to the prolific production of the so-called 'Chilean cinema in exile', which remains, for the most part, in 'exile'. This article draws on the notion of desexilio developed by Uruguayan writer Mario Benedetti to revisit …
The Double Day of Valeria Sarmiento
Though sometimes rightly hailed as one of Latin America’s most important women directors, Valeria Sarmiento is more frequently referred to as the wife (now widow) and closest collaborator of Raúl Ruiz. Since Ruiz’s death in 2011, she has been completing his unfinished films. At the same time, she continues directing her own projects. This essay unpacks her unique creative partnership—working as an editor for her husband while simultaneously striv…
Bodies that Persist
This essay by Elizabeth Ramírez-Soto, co-editor of the Special Focus section “Chilean Film and Media: Fifty Years Later (1973/2023),” discusses the nonfiction responses to the 2019 estallido social (social uprising) as part of a longer history of documentary resistance. Ramírez-Soto argues postdictatorship Chilean documentary oscillates between an emphasis on the bodies of the direct victims of state-sanctioned violence and an emphasis on the bod…
Channel 4 and the South Series (1991-93)
This article provides a case study of a groundbreaking yet hitherto overlooked transnational coproduction experience on European broadcasting: the South series (1991–93). An ambitious initiative led by Channel 4’s Independent Film and Video Department (IFVD) and the South Productions company, headed by Argentine producer Ana de Skalon, the South series was widely conceived and promoted as the first magazine programme in the world to be directed b…
Early life adversity and suicide
Art history (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Cinema History and Criticism (3 works) · History (3 works) · Media studies (3 works) · Movie theater (3 works) · Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America (3 works)