Film research in Latin America. A conversation with Ismaíl Xavier

Abstract

This article is an interview with Ismaíl Xavier, one of the most recognized researchers and theorists in Brazil. His works includes a deep analysis of the work of Glauber Rocha, Cinema Novo and the book El discurso cinematográfico, in which he proposes a new reading of the European theory of cinema, with a special focus on artistic, avant-garde cinema and politically committed cinema. The conversation took place at the National Cineteca of Mexico, just before the inauguration of the XV International Congress of Cinematographic Theory and Analysis (organized by SEPANCINE, the Mexican Association of Cinematographic Theory and Analysis), which coincided with the II International Meeting of Mexican and IberoAmerican Film Researchers, summoned by the National Cineteca, as well as with the IV COCAAL, (Congress on Cinema and Art in Latin America), managed from Brazil. The congress opened with the conference of Dr. Ismaíl Xavier, about Memory and Politics in Latin American Cinema.