Overview

Documentary that celebrates 100 years of cinema in Latin America and talks about the origins and the development of cinema in this subcontinent. Its structure is based in 12 short films directed by various Latin American directors. These are: 1) "Los inicios", Iván Trujillo 2) "Cuando comenzamos a hablar", María Novaro 3) "Jugando en serio", Jacobo Morales 4) "De cuerpo presente [Las espirales perpetuas del placer y el poder] Cine Mexicano [1931- 1997]", Marcela Fernández Violante 5) "Cuando quisimos ser adultos", Edmundo Aray and David Rodríguez 6) "Cinema Novo", Orlando Senna 7) "Memorias de una isla, Juan Carlos Tabío 8) "Un grito, 24 cuadros por segundo", Julio García-Espinosa 9) "El día de la independencia", Federico García 10) "¿Sólo las formas permanecen?", Fernando Birri and Pablo Rodríguez Gauregui 11) "Todo final es un principio", Andrés Marriquín.

1. Federico García Hurtado

   Director

2. María Novaro

   Director

3. Juan Carlos Tabío

   Director

4. Fernando Birri

   Director

5. Jacobo Morales

   Director

6. Julio García Espinosa

   Director

7. Ivan Trujillo

   Director

8. Pablo Rodríguez Jáuregui

   Director

9. Edmundo Aray

   Director

10. David Rodríguez

    Director

11. Marcela Fernández Violante

    Director

12. Orlando Senna

    Director

13. Andrés Marriquín

    Director