The Precarious in the Cinemas of the Americas

1. Introduction: Forms of the Precarious in the Cinemas of the Americas (Constanza Burucúa and Carolina Sitnisky)

Part I. Self-Reflexive Considerations on the Precarious

2. Beyond Documentary?: Archives, Absences, and Rethinking Mexican "Nonfiction" Film, c.1935-1955 (David M. J. Wood)

3. Precarious Images: Media and Historicity in Pablo Larraín's No (James Cisneros)

4. The Future's Reverse: Dystopia and Precarity in Adirley Queirós's Cinema (Cláudia Mesquita)

5. The Never-Ending Movie: Precariousness and Self-Reflexivity in Contemporary Argentine Cinema (Beatriz Urraca)

Part II. On Cultural Policies, Legislations and Funding

6. Narrating Precariousness in Cuba beyond Havana and the ICAIC: The Case of Televisión Serrana's Ariagna Fajardo and ¿A dónde vamos? (Michelle Leigh Farrell)

7. Precariousness in Contemporary Venezuelan Filmmaking: Pelo malo and Brecha en el silencio (María Mercedes Vázquez Vázquez)

8. The Politics of Precariousness and Resilience in Contemporary Colombian Films (María Helena Rueda)

9. Portfolio Careers and a New Common Cause: the Conditions for Screen Workers in Peru (Sarah Barrow)

10. Rethinking Contemporary Ecuadorian Cinema (Carolina Sitnisky)

11. Bolivian Indigenous Film and the Aesthetics of the Precarious (Gabriela Zamorano Villarreal)

Part III. Transnational Contexts

13. Showcasing the Precarious: Paraguayan Images in the Film Festival Circuit (Constanza Burucúa)