El empequeñecido cine latinoamericano y la integración audiovisual… ¿Panamericana?: ¿Fatalidad de mercado o alternativa poítica?

This article describes the historic and current problems of Latin American cinema in facing the huge power of American film-making industry. It provides materials for showing that development and strengthen of it occurred with government public policies participation. The author proposes here that problems of Latin American cinema won't be solved by "market forces" themselves, but there is the need of rely on both national and international public policies for their support. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

El artículo describe los problemas históricos y actuales del cine latinoamericano, de frente al enorme poderío de Ia industria audiovisual estadunidense. Se proporcionan elementos para mostrar que el desarrollo y consolidación de esta última ocurrió con la participación de políticas públicas gubernamentales. Se propone que "el mercado" no resolverá los problemas de la cinematografía latinoamericana. si no se cuenta con políticas públicas nacionales e internacionales para su apoyo. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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