Documenting Otherness
Jewish Latin American Female Filmmakers
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6014904 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Carolina Rocha (0000-0002-0920-3918, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 47-63 |
| Publication date | 2014-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Jewish Film & New Media An International Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2169-0324 • E-ISSN: 2169-0332 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/jfn.2014.a549716 |
| OpenAlex | W196516659 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 4 |
Since the turn of the twenty-first century, there has been a veritable increase in the number of Argentine and Brazilian documentaries that focus on Jewish topics, such as Daniel Burman’s 18-J (Argentina, 2004), David Blaustein’s Hacer patria (Making Motherland; Argentina, 2006), Herman Szwarcbart’s Un pogrom en Buenos Aires (A Pogrom in Buenos Aires; Argentina, 2007), and João Batista de Andrade’s Vlado, trinta anos depois (Vlado, Thirty Years Later; Brazil, 2005). This article looks at two such documentaries by female filmmakers—Um passaporte húngaro (A Hungarian Passport; 2001) by Jewish Brazilian director Sandra Kogut, and Judíos por elección (Jews by Choice; 2011) by Jewish Argentine director Matilde Michanié—in order to explore how they address such topics as diaspora, adaptation, faith, and Jewish mores. I argue that these Jewish Latin American female documentary filmmakers engage in a challenging examination of nationalism and Judaism, areas in which Jewish Latin American women have had, until recently, minor participation. In so doing, Kogut and Michanié represent part of a new generation of filmmakers who delve into the personal to contest long-standing traditions and idiosyncrasies
Archaeology · CONTEST · Diaspora · Faith · Judaism · Latin Americans · Political science · Sociology · Theology · Borges, Kipling, and Jewish Identity · Cuban History and Society · Gender Studies · History · Jewish Identity and Society · Law · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.13 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2018 - 2018 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |