Ana M. López is one of the foremost film and media scholars in the world. Her work has addressed Latin American filmmaking in every historical period, across countries and genres-from early cinema to the present; from Brazil, Cuba, and Mexico to diasporic and Latinx cinemas in the United States; from documentary to melodrama to politically militant film. López's groundbreaking essays have transformed Latin American film studies, opening up new approaches, theoretical frameworks, and lines of investigation while also extending beyond cinema to analyze its connections with television, radio, and broader cultural phenomena. Bringing together twenty-five essays from throughout her career, including three that have been translated into English for this volume, Ana M. López is divided into three sections: the transnational turn in Latin American film studies; analysis of genre and modes; and debates surrounding race, ethnicity, and gender. Expertly curated and edited by Laura Podalsky and Dolores Tierney, the volume includes introductory material throughout to map and situate López's key interventions and to aid students and scholars less familiar with her work.

List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsForewordIgnacio M. Sánchez PradoIntroduction: At the Interface and BeyondLaura Podalsky and Dolores TierneyPart 1. Latin American Cinema/s: The Transnational TurnEditors' Introduction1. A Cinema for the Continent (1994) 2. National History, Transnational History (1998) 3. Facing Up to Hollywood (2000) 4. Early Cinema and Modernity in Latin America (2000) 5. Film and Radio Intermedialities in Early Latin American Sound Cinema (2017) 6. From Hollywood and Back: Dolores Del Rio, a (Trans)national Star (1998) 7. The São Paulo Connection: The Companhia Cinematográfica Vera Cruz and O Cangaceiro (1998) 8. Crossing Nations and Genres: Traveling Filmmakers (2000) Part 2. Of Modes and GenresEditors' Introduction9. Tears and Desire: Women and Melodrama in the "Old" Mexican Cinema (1994) 10. Our Welcomed Guests: Telenovelas in Latin America (1995) 11. Of Rhythms and Borders (1997) 12. Mexico (2012) 13. Before Exploitation: Three Men of the Cinema in Mexico (2009) 14. (Not) Looking for Origins: Postmodernism, Documentary, and America (1993) 15. Revolution and Dreams: The Cuban Documentary Today (1992) 16. The Battle of Chile: Documentary, Political Process, and Representation (1990) 17. At the Limits of Documentary: Hypertextual Transformation and the New Latin American Cinema (1990) 18. A Poetics of the Trace (2014) Part 3. Intersections: Race, Ethnicity, and GenderEditors' Introduction 19. Not Only a Question of Color: Afro-Latino/a Images in Latin American Cinema Today (1992) 20. African Roots: Images of Black People in Cuban Cinema (1988) 21. Sergio Giral on Filmmaking in Cuba (1986-1987) With Nicholas Peter Humy22. Are All Latins from Manhattan? Hollywood, Ethnography, and Cultural Colonialism (1991) 23. Greater Cuba (1996) 24. I (Also) Love Ricky: The Oft-Forgotten Cuban-in-the-Text (2012) Part 4. Final Thoughts, Metacritical Reflections25. López on López: Liminal Words (2012) "Siete Veces Ana": An Afterword Nilo CouretNotes Works Cited Index