This three-day conference at Tulane University brings together emerging and established scholars and practitioners of Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx cinema and media. About 100 national and international participants will present work that explores a wide range of topics and the conference theme, Moving Media. Technological innovations—from neoliberal platforms to offline distribution systems—are moving media across the Americas in new ways, connecting the region globally while drawing on earlier histories of transnationalism and intermediality. The program includes panels, theory-practice presentations, screenings, workshops, and book presentations. The event also honors Ana López, a foundational figure in Latin American and Latinx film and media studies, whose work on transnationalism, intermediality, and affect continues to guide the field.
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Cecilia Aldarondo (Williams College), Artist Talk: Dispatches from the In-Between, Thursday December 4 | Diboll Gallery, The Commons, 11:00AM-12:30PM, Moderated by Carolina Caballero (Tulane University)
Amalia Córdova (Smithsonian Institution’s Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage), Frames of Resistance: The Cinemas of Abya Yala Friday December 5 | Lindy Boggs Energy Center 104, 11:00AM-12:30PM Moderated by Carolina Sánchez (Tulane University)
Bryce Henson (Texas A&M University), Emergent Quilombos: Black Life and Hip-Hop in Brazil Saturday December 6 | Stone Auditorium, 210 Woldenberg Art Center, 11:00AM-12:30PM Moderated by Watufani Poe (Tulane University)
Nuestras Historias, Maria Isabel Messina, Thursday December 4 | Greenleaf Conference Room (1st Floor, Jones Hall), 3:45PM-4:45PM
Powerful Little Island, Ezra Remer, Thursday December 4 | Greenleaf Conference Room (1st Floor, Jones Hall), 3:45PM-4:45PM
You Were My First Boyfriend, Cecilia Aldarondo, Thursday December 4 | The Broad Theater, 5:30PM (limited to conference presenters)* Moderated by Carolina Caballero (Tulane University)
Vieques: A Living Archive, Juan Carlos Rodríguez Friday December 5 | Screening at the Village Theater, Lake Residence Hall, 5:15PM-7:30PM Moderated by Zorimar Rivera Montes (Tulane University)
Cuando vi al gran árbol caer, Maximiliano de la Puente, Saturday December 6 | Greenleaf Conference Room (Jones Hall, 1st Floor), 3:45PM-4:45PM
Alexander Fattal, Limbo, Saturday December 6 | Greenleaf Conference Room (Jones Hall, 1st Floor), 3:45PM-4:45PM
Workshop 1: Activar el archivo: recrear La agonía de Arauco, Gabriela Bussenius, 1917. Impartido por el Laboratorio Implosivo de cine (Taller basado en guiones, prácticas mediales, investigación-creación, asamblea de archivos)
- Anisell Esparza (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)
- Mónica-Ramón Ríos (Pratt Institute)
Thursday December 4, 2025, Latin American Library Seminar Room (Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, 4th Floor) | 1:45PM-3:30PM
Workshop 2: AVAnnotate Open Source Application for Audiovisual Digital Exhibits and Editions (please bring your computer, if possible.)
- Jack Riordan (University of Texas at Austin)
Friday December 5, Lavin-Bernick Center (LBC) | 3:45PM-4:45PM
* The screening of You Were My First Boyfriend is limited to conference presenters. However, there is an artist talk with Cecilia Aldorondo on Thursday, and all other screenings and conference sessions are open to the public.
