The other side of America – December Monthly Top
The mainstream cinema that dominates the American landscape is closely followed by a more political cinema, which deviates from the myths glorifying the nation. We're talking about films that focus on episodes obscure to collective memory, which describe a distorted “American dream”, out of the comfort zone of postmodern anthropology, which simulates interest in marginalized people, without giving them a say. Independent filmmakers realize that we're not all white, straight, and Christian, and dig into the past as much as into the present to compensate, at least symbolically, for how we relate to each other. Our December feature presents four films that treat marginal subjects with respect and empathy, from the popular indie Tangerine about the hidden face of LA to the segregationist cartography explored in the essay film Rat Film.
Film critic and programmer, she collaborates with various international film festivals. Her writing has appeared in publications such as Senses of Cinema, Kinoscope, Indiewire, Film Comment, Vague Visages and Desistfilm. In Spanish she has written for Caimán Cuadernos de Cine and in Romanian she collaborates with FILM magazine. Programmer and coordinator of Tenerife Shorts.
