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Gringo in Mananaland, The

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Producer(s)DeeDee Halleck
Director(s)DeeDee Halleck
Release Date 1995
Runtime62 min min
Format(s)16mm, 35mm, video, DVD, web
Language(s)English
Youth Mediano

Film Description

This one hour video is a compilation of
industrial, instructional, anthropological and
Hollywood films which have Latin America as a
subject. The film charts a century of
stereotyping and lies through a cinema of Latin
lovers, thieves, terrorists, ignorant peasants,
and, of course, heroic Gringo saviors. The film
is an exhilarating investigation into the way in
which successive U.S. administrations have
manipulated the politics and economies of Latin
America with the help of motion pictures. "This
production is an archivist's dream." says Robert
Rosen, UCLA Film Archives. Jane Gaines: "A
masterpiece of editing and political analysis."
The film ran into trouble with the Reagan
administration funding authorities, because, after
all, we must not forget that some governments do
not like history.

Contactdhalleck@weber.ucsd.edu

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Related IssuesRacial Discrimination, Latino, Peace/War, U.S./Foreign Relations, South America, Central America, Carribean Islands, Bilingual Education, Politics/Government, Media, International