FILM NARRATIVES CROSSING TIME AND SPACE IN THE AMERICAS: A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE OF LA JAULA DE ORO (2013) AND EL NORTE (1983); RIO (2011) AND THE THREE CABALLEROS (1944)

Abstract The essay discusses how frequent migratory currents of certain narratives and ideas within the Americas have formed clusters of knowledge and stimulated audiences’ imagination about specific cultures or nations. The essay presents the process of narrative continuity and displacement in recent films about immigration and travel within the Americas, as they can be read in relation to earlier films on the same theme,La Jaula de Oro(Diego Queimada-Díez, 2013) vis à visEl Norte(Gregory Nava, 1983), andRio(Carlos Saldanha, 2011) vis à visThe Three Caballeros(Walt Disney, 1944). La Jaul...

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