Research Guides: *Spanish*: Film & TV

Finding Sources on Spanish and Latin American History

For books, search by keywords or use these subject headings below in either Tripod or WorldCat. Follow these models to search for additional subject headings by limiting your search to the subject field or by using the Browse Books & More feature in Tripod.

To find articles—best for narrower topics—try searching in one of the following databases:

MLA International Bibliography
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Database of scholarly books and articles related to literature, language, linguistics, film, theater and folklore. Includes scholarship from 1926 to the present.
FIAF (International Federation of Film Archives) Index to Film Periodicals Plus
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Index offering access to academic and popular film journals from 1972 to the present, including the following databases: Index to Film Periodicals; Treasures from Film Archives; Documentation Collections; and FIAF affiliates' publications
Publicaciones y Revistas Sociales y Humanísticas (PRISMA)
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Covers all aspects of Hispanic studies, from research on indigenous cultures past and present to current economic indicators, politics, society, and Hispanic theater. Disciplines covered include anthropology, economics, history, literature, political science and sociology. Includes works in English and Spanish.
ProQuest Performing Arts Database‎
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This database, formerly known as "International Index to the Performing Arts" provides abstracts and full-text to journal articles. Covers a broad spectrum of the arts and entertainment industry including dance, film, television, theater, opera, and broadcasting. Covers 1864-present.

Oxford Bibliographies

Oxford bibliographies provide overviews and curated lists of sources on issues relevant to Latin American history, hispanophone cinema, and film studies in general:

Latin American Cinema
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Mexican Film
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Oxford Bibliographies in Cinema and Media Studies
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Cinema and media studies includes a plethora of subfields: film history, television studies, media studies, visual arts, cultural studies, digital culture, game studies, popular culture, etc. Oxford Bibliographies in Cinema and Media Studies offers short encyclopedic entries and annotated bibliographies of the most important books, articles, and Web sites on each topic created by the finest scholars in cinema and media studies.
Oxford Bibliographies in Latin American Studies
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Annotated peer-reviwed bibliographies of topics spanning the Latin American studies field, from 16th-Century New Spain to Zapatista Rebellion in Chiapas.

Selected Journals

Studies in Spanish & Latin American cinemas
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Formerly called Studies in Hispanic Cinemas, this journal is "dedicated to the study of Spanish-speaking and Latin American cinemas, including the cinemas of Spain and Spanish-speaking South, Central and North America including the Caribbean, as well as Brazil."
Cine y . . . revista de estudios interdisciplinarios sobre cine en español
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"A scholarly journal dedicated exclusively to the study of film in Spanish, published under the auspices of the Department of Hispanic Studies of Texas A&M University"

Selected Books (Secondary Sources, Bibliographies, Filmographies, Etc.)

A Companion to Spanish Cinema
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ISBN: 9781405194389
Publication Date: 2012-12-26
"Interrogates Spanish cinema from a variety of thematic, theoretical and historic perspectives. Explores Spanish cinema's cultural, artistic, industrial, theoretical and commercial contexts pre- and post-1975 and the notion of a "national" cinema Canonical directors and stars are examined alongside understudied directors, screenwriters, editors, and secondary actors."
Directory of world cinema. Spain
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ISBN: 9781841504636
Publication Date: 2011-12-12
"Essays establishing the key players and genres in their sociopolitical context, including civil war films, romances, comedies, and the cinema of the transition. From the award-winning big-budget productions of Pedro Almodovar in Madrid to Pere Portabella s experimental documentaries and the influential Barcelona School, reviews cover individual titles in considerable depth."
The A to Z of Spanish Cinema
ISBN: 9780810876224
Publication Date: 2010-04-27
"Provides a better understanding of the role Spanish cinema has played in film history through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on producers, directors, film companies, actors, and films."
Latin American Cinema
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ISBN: 9781780233659
Publication Date: 2015-06-15
"Traces Latin American cinema from its origins in 1896 to the present day, along the way providing original views of major films and mini-biographies of major film directors."
The Cinema of Latin America
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ISBN: 1903364841
Publication Date: 2004-03-24
"Through 24 individual [. . .] essays that each consider one significant film or documentary, the editors of this volume have compiled a unique introduction to the cinematic output of countries as diverse as Brazil, Argentina, Cuba, Mexico, Bolivia, Chile and Venezuala. The work of directors such as Luis Buñuel, Thomas Guiterrez Alea, Walter Salles, and Alfonso Arau is discussed" and the book includes in-depth analyses of individual films.
Directory of World Cinema: Argentina
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ISBN: 9781783200078
Publication Date: 2014-06-15
Surveys "the country's key films. Chapters spotlight, among other subjects, the Buenos Aires film festival and the legacy of such iconic directors as Maria Luisa Bemberg and Pablo Trapero. Film reviews examine a cross-section of Argentine cinema, providing critical analysis of everything from contemporary blockbusters to hidden gems."
Grant & Cutler critical guides to Spanish and Latin American texts and films
ISBN: 9780729304535
Publication Date: 2009-12-18
Critical companions to important authors of hispanophone literature and film.