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Reading Between the Frames: Methodologies for Exploring Social Struggles through South American Documentary FilmsHow can we read a documentary not only as a representation of a social struggle, but also as a particular way of producing knowledge about that struggle? This lecture proposes a methodological approach to documentary cinema that considers films as audiovisual constructions shaped by specific historical, political, and production contexts. Through selected examples from ethnographic cinema, New Latin American Cinema, Third Cinema, and community filmmaking, it examines different relationships between filmmakers, subjects, and the social realities being represented. Films such as Fernando Birri’s Tire dié will be used to introduce the idea of documentary as a form of social research, while Third Cinema and community-based practices will allow discussion of cinema as political intervention and collective production. The presentation also proposes analytical strategies that connect film form with production processes, authorship, participation, and political context. By “reading between the frames,” we are encouraged to ask not only what a film represents, but who produces its images, how they are constructed, whose voices are present or absent, and what forms of knowledge they make possible. The aim is to develop a critical and contextual approach to documentary cinema as a means of understanding social struggles in South America.
Diana Pacheco (Universidad Casa Grande, Guayaquil, Ecuador) is a filmmaker, educator, and cultural practitioner specializing in documentary film, performing arts, and interdisciplinary artistic research. Experience in higher education teaching, academic coordination, and artistic direction. Research interests include documentary ethics, audiovisual narratives, and contemporary artistic practices.
🎤 Discussants: Katalin Turai (ELTE), Nejla Omić (International University of Sarajevo)
📍Venue: 0.100C (Zsuzsa Ferge Faculty Council Room)
The event is free and open to all. No registration required.
🌐 The Department of Global and Development Studies organizes a public lecture series connected to its Jean Monnet Module "EUGlobDev—The EU's Global and Development Dimensions," at which guest speakers from Albania, Ecuador, Germany, and Tanzania reflect on thematic or methodological issues that can broaden the horizon of teaching international and EU studies at ELTE. More information:
https://www.tatk.elte.hu/en/jean-monnet-global-dialogues
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ELTE Társadalomtudományi Kar, Pázmány Péter sétány 1, Budapest 1117, Magyarország, Budapest, Hungary
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