A history of the Peruvian cinematic tradition -- Publication, authority, identity: constructing the film journal -- Shaping Peruvian taste: "good" and "bad" Peruvian movies -- Latin American dis/connections: Peru versus the new Latin American cinema -- For a few minutes: considering the short-film industry -- Creating the "Lombardi generation": the rise of an urban cinematic aesthetic -- The changing of the guard: Peruvian cinema in the twenty-first century
Summary
A study of Peruvian Cinema and the role of criticism in forming a national cinematic vision