JUMP CUT
A REVIEW OF CONTEMPORARY MEDIA

Migrants and lovers: interculturation in Flowers from Another World

Paul A. Schroeder Rodríguez

Paul A. Schroeder Rodríguez teaches Latin American literature and World Cinema at the University of Hawai‘i-Manoa. He is the author of Tomás Gutiérrez Alea: The Dialectics of a Filmmaker (New York: Routledge, 2002).

Some links he has found useful for his reseach on Latin American film include the following:

www.cinelatinoamericano.org
In Spanish. The best website for Latin American cinema, a sort of Latin American IMDb, but professionally edited.

http://www.ecultura.gob.mx/
cultura_en_medios/sitios_de_interes/
cine/america_latina/
In Spanish and English (when you add "/?lan=2" to the website address). A page with links to major film institutes, centers, festivals, etcetera in Latin America, listed by country.
For Mexico, see:
www.ecultura.gob.mx/cultura_en_medios/

http://americas.irc-online.org
In English. The official page of the Americas section of the Center for International Policy, whose mission is to promote a U.S. "foreign policy based on cooperation, demilitarization and respect for human rights." Independent and in-depth reporting on grassroots-to-global issues throughout the hemisphere.