The autobiographical documentary in Spain

Cuevas, E. (Efrén)

Authors:

Cuevas, E. (Efrén)

Keywords:

Materias Investigacion::Comunicación::Comunicación audiovisual
Autobiographies
Cinema
Spain

Issue Date:

2021

ISBN:

9787507847888

Note:

Published in Chinese. Reference in English: Cuevas, Efrén, "The Autobiographical Documentary in Spain", in Feng Bao (ed.), Frontiers in Documentary Theory and Practice, China International Broadcasting Press, Beijing, 2021, pp. 151-170. This is an updated version (written in 2018), of an article originally published, “El cine autobiográfico en España: una panorámica”, RILCE, vol. 28, n. 1, 2012, pp. 106-125.

Citation:

Cuevas, Efrén, "The Autobiographical Documentary in Spain", en Feng Bao (ed.), Frontiers in Documentary Theory and Practice, China International Broadcasting Press, Beijing, 2021, pp. 151-170.

Abstract

The chapter offers an overview of the autobiographical production in the Spanish documentary cinema, up to 2018. After a brief reflection about the peculiarities of the autobiographical practice in cinema, it starts pointing out to the late beginning of this practice in Spain, around the change of Century. Two thematic trends are dominant in this field: the works linked to spatial settings, related either to the biographical origin or to travel ventures; and the family portraits. From a structural and formal point of view, different approaches are found: from the diary structures of Guerín or Iscar, to the works closer to conventional documentary, or to those made out of recycling materials either public or domestic.

URI:

https://hdl.handle.net/10171/58857

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