Voices from the Small Cinemas: Beyond “the Remaining Countries”

This is the author's accepted manuscript, made available with the permission of the publisher. Copyright 2012, Intellect, Ltd.This introduction to a special volume dedicated to translations of recent writings from underexamined cinematic traditions in Latin America (such as Bolivian, Cuba, Colombia, Peru and Puerto Rico) argues for the amplification of voices from “small” cinemas as essential to understanding contemporary cinema from the region as a whole