The Actual Catalogue

Catalogue


Films

Motorcycle Diaries: (2004. Dir. Walter Salles) Good film which shows the people of Latin America equally from all the countries. The interviews in black and white were particularly interesting as they weren’t staged and show some of the trouble that the people were in.

Bus 174: (2004. Dir. José Padilha, Felipe Lacerda) Excellent resource depicting the true events of the bus 174 high jacking in Rio de Jeniro in Brazil. Made from a collection of interviews and live TV footage it is interesting to think that this was broadcast live creating a hug amount of publicity for the people in the Favella.

City of God: (2003. Dir. Fernando Meirelles). A good resource and a great film that many people have seen, depicts a time of great unrest in the Brazilian Favella. A great representation of the desperation of the people and the will to make something of themselves.

Interviews

Anissa Ladjemi: Is part of a gap year service in Brazil working particularly with the children in the Favella. What she had to say about the Favella and how it linked to City of God is invaluable.
DVD extra with Alberto Granado: Depicts the people they met on their original journey and the troubles they faced, very useful to compare to the film, The Motorcycle Diaries.

Questionnaires

Survey Monkey: The questionnaires that I sent out got some really good responses from a large amount of people that are not only great film critics but have also visited some of the countries depicted in the films.

Books / Magazines

Contempory Latin American Cinema: (Book) by Deborah Shaw (Published by Rowan & Littlefield Publishers Inc. Not much of a great read but defiantly a useful resource. The essays in this book were second to none.

Sight and Sound: (Magazine) Article on the film Bus 174. Great resources as there were no questionnaires completed on that particular film. So this article makes up for the lack of text.

Deselected

I have decided not to include the film "CHE" as I felt that it focused too much on the single person rather than the people he was with etc.

I have also decided not to include the biography, " Guevara, also known as Che" as that too I felt also focused on the individual rather than the people as a whole.

Lastly I have also deselected infomation I discoverd at the BFI libery as I don't think that much of it is releavent to my topic.