Abstract
Women-led documentary projects in Peru have been in place since the 1970s. In the twenty-first century, Peruvian female documentary makers continue creating and sustaining the nonfiction film scene. Moreover, women’s participation and leadership have risen due to easier access to technology, training, increase in exhibition spaces, and a broader context of feminist affirmation. This chapter examines two examples of independent nonfiction film modes of production by women: Diana Castro, creative producer of films and festivals, and Lorena Best, director, teacher, and organizer. The contexts within which they work are presented as creative emancipatory habitats that propose and endow a nonhierarchical film culture alternative to commercial and art film logics, as well as to traditionally male-dominated cinephilic paradigms.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Peruvian Cinema of the Twenty-First Century |
Subtitle of host publication | Dynamic and Unstable Grounds |
Editors | Cynthia Vich, Sarah Barrow |
Place of Publication | Cham: Switzerland |
Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
Chapter | 17 |
Pages | 321-341 |
Number of pages | 20 |
Edition | 1 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9783030525125 |
ISBN (Print) | 9783030525118 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2020 |
Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)
- Peruvian Cinema
- women's cinema
- documentary