Click on the link below to view a list of recommended books and films. You may select any book or film from this list. However, feel free to review a film or book, ABOUT COLONIAL LATIN AMERICA, that is not included in my list of recommendations. The film or book you select MUST focus on a topic covered in this course.

Select any ONE book or film and write a review that is 500 words long. The review must be written in your own words. The book/film is your main source of information for this assignment. You may certainly consult published reviews, if you need assistance, but it is not required for this assignment. Also, feel free to consult reliable sources to better understand the historical setting of the film/book.

Art and Architecture of Viceregal Latin America, 1521-1821

By: Kelly Donahue-Wallace. Series: Diálogos. Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press. 2008. eBook., Database: eBook Collection

Africans to Spanish America : Expanding the Diaspora

By: Sherwin K. Bryant; Rachel Sarah O’Toole; Ben Vinson. Series: New Black Studies Series. Urbana : University of Illinois Press. 2012. eBook., Database: eBook Collection

A New World of Gold and Silver

By: TePaske, John Jay; Brown, Kendall W. Series: Atlantic World. Europe, Africa and the Americas, v. 21. Leiden, Netherlands : Brill. 2010. eBook., Database: eBook Collection

Science in the Spanish and Portuguese Empires, 1500–1800

By: Bleichmar, Daniela. Stanford, Calif : Stanford University Press. 2009. eBook., Database: eBook Collection

The Long, Lingering Shadow : Slavery, Race, and Law in the American Hemisphere

By: Robert J. Cottrol. Series: Studies in the Legal History of the South. Athens, Ga : University of Georgia Press. 2013. eBook., Database: eBook Collection

Farm and Factory : The Jesuits and the Development of Agrarian Capitalism in Colonial Quito

By: Cushner, Nicholas P. Albany : SUNY Press. 1982. eBook., Database: eBook Collection

Colonial Saints : Discovering the Holy in the Americas, 1500–1800

By: Greer, Allan; Bilinkoff, Jodi. London : Routledge. 2003. eBook., Database: eBook Collection

To Be Indio in Colonial Spanish America

By: Mónica Díaz. Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press. 2017. eBook., Database: eBook Collection

The Body of the Conquistador : Food, Race and the Colonial Experience in Spanish America, 1492–1700

By: Earle, Rebecca. Series: Critical Perspectives on Empire. Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press. 2012. eBook., Database: eBook Collection

Building Colonial Cities of God : Mendicant Orders and Urban Culture in New Spain

By: Melvin, Karen. Stanford, Calif : Stanford University Press. 2012. eBook., Database: eBook Academic Collection

Medicine and Politics in Colonial Peru : Population Growth and the Bourbon Reforms

By: Adam Warren. Series: Pitt Latin American Series. Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press. 2010. eBook., Database: eBook Academic Collection

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Films. You will need to find these films on your own. I could not find them on Youtube or in the FC Library. You will need to look for them on Netflix or elsewhere.

I, the Worst of All. (1990). Directed by María Luisa Bemberg.

The Last Supper (Linkstoanexternalsite.)(1976). Directed by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea.

El Otro Francisco (Linkstoanexternalsite.) (1975). Directed by Sergio Giral.

Quilombo (Linkstoanexternalsite.) (1984). Directed by Carlos Diegues.

Xiça da Silva (Linkstoanexternalsite.) (1976). Directed by Carlos Diegues.

Cecilia (Linkstoanexternalsite.) (1982). Directed by Humberto Solás.

The Mission (Linkstoanexternalsite.). (1986). Directed by Roland Joffé.

Cabeza de Vaca (Linkstoanexternalsite.) (1991). Directed by Nicolás Echevarría.

Even the Rain (Linkstoanexternalsite.) (2010). Directed by Icíar Bollaín.

Aguirre, The Wrath of God (Linkstoanexternalsite.) (1973). Directed by Werner Herzog.

Apocalypto. (2006). Directed by Mel Gibson. 1. Zachary Milone

La Otra Conquista (The Other Conquest). (1998). Directed by Salvador Carrasco.

Nuevo Mundo (NewWorld). (1978). Directed by Gabriel Retes.

Eréndira la indomable. (2006). Directed by Juan Mora Catlett.

Mission to Glory: A True Story. (1977). Directed by Ken Kennedy.

Seven Cities of Gold. (1955). Directed by Robert Webb.

The Crucible. (1996). Directed by Nicholas Hytner.

Salem Witch Trials. (2002). Directed by Joseph Sargent.

Black Robe. (1991). Directed by Bruce Beresford.

Gertrudis Bocanegra. (1992). Directed by Ernesto Medina.

Tamango. (1958). Directed by John Berry.

The Liberator. (2013). Directed by Alberto Arvelo.

La Araucana. (1972). Directed by Julio Coll.

La Controverse de Valladolid. (1992). Directed by Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe.

Fray Bartolome de Las Casas. (1993). Directed by Sergio Olhovich.

Kino. (1993). Directed by Felipe Cazals.

1492: Conquest of Paradise. (1992). Directed by Ridley Scott.