Tag Archives: Marcela Fernández Violante

Re-Framing Mexican Women’s Filmmaking: the case of Marcela Fernández Violante

Posted on November 26, 2015 by niamh

I have recently completed editing on a chapter entitled, “Re-Framing Mexican Women’s Filmmaking:  the case of Marcela Fernández Violante” that will come out in 2016 in Debbie Martin and Deborah Shaw edited collection of essays, Latin American Filmmakers: Production, Politics, Poetics (I.B. … Continue reading →

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Vicente Leñero, the scriptwriter a brief reflection

Posted on July 2, 2015 by niamh

Since his death on the 3rd of December 2014, the novelist, dramatist, journalist, and scriptwriter, Vicente Leñero, has received considerable attention including this reflection by the novelist Ana García Bergua and this other homage from his daughter, Estela Leñero Franco. Recently, when writing … Continue reading →

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Access, distribution and research: Marcela Fernández Violante

Posted on December 6, 2013 by niamh

As part of a project on Latin American women filmmakers (mostly directors and producers) I will be writing about Marcela Fernández Violante. She has been at the centre of Mexican filmmaking since the 1960s. She was one of the generation … Continue reading →

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