Space and cultural identities in "CARGO"
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Caribbean cinema, space, cultural identities, Kareem MortimerAbstract
The aim of this work is to offer a brief study on Caribbean cultural identities represented in Cargo (2017), a film written and directed by Kareem Mortimer. For that purpose, we start by considering the production of Caribbean identities from Hall (1990), and how these categories are articulated as positionings according to Stam and Shohat (2016). Theoretical frame and criticism from a postcolonial perspective follows Prysthon (2014) and Bhabha (1992, 1998) discussions. The analysis about temporal continuities and discontinuities in the film are based on the notion of chronotope, a concept by Bakhtin (2010) and studied by Cohen (2006). And, in order to contextualize peripheral and Caribbean cinema, we highlight some points present in França (2006) and Hambuch
(2015), respectively. Cargo examines the legacy of colonization and the effects of economic exploration from images that balance stereotypes and clichés mainstream cinema often manipulate to account peripheral contexts.
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Filmografia
Mortimer, K. (Produtor & realizador). (2017). CARGO [Prime Video]. Bahamas: Best Ever Film Production Company.
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