Film challenge, March.

Latinoamerican cinema. 

Due to unforeseen complications, there were only two movies that fit the challenge as such: 

- Oriana. (Venezuela, 1985). 

- La teta asustada (aka The milk of sorrow). (Peru, 2008). 

And several movies outside of the challenge: 

- Big Eyes (2014). 

- D’après une historie vraie (aka Based on a true story (France, 2017). 

- Black Panther (2017). 

- I, Tonya (2017). 

There is an unintentional link here —with the exception of “Black Panther”, these are essentially women’s movies, both in having female protagonists (and the two from the challenge are from female directors —respectively Fina Torres and Claudia Llosa) and in more or less presenting their situation in the world. All of these are women who have to fight for everything against an often hostile society. With one exception, all are artists (singer, painter, writer —does figure skater count?), and all are movies dealing with often harsh themes (abuse, both physical and sexual; repression; intimate betrayal). It’s debatable if all five could be counted as feminist films, but grouped like this they do offer a certain portrayal of gender disparity.