Film policy under globalization: the case of Mexico
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2016-10-17
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de la Garza, Armida
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The changing economic and technological conditions often referred to as ‘globalization’ have had a deep impact on the very nature of the state, and thus on the aims, objectives and implementation of cultural policy, including film policy. In this paper, I discuss the main changes in film policy there have been in Mexico, comparing the time when the welfare state regarded cinema as crucial to the national identity, and actively supported the national cinema at the production, distribution and exhibition levels (about 1920-1980), and the recent onset of neoliberal policies, during which the industry was privatized and globalized. I argue the result has been a transformation of the film production, from the properly ‘national’ cinema it was during the welfare state—that is, having a role in nation building, democratization processes and being an important part of the public sphere—into a kind of genre, catering for a very small niche audience both domestically and internationally. However, exhibition and digital distribution have been strengthened, perhaps pointing towards a more meaningful post-national cinema.
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Film policy , Mexico , National cinema , Globalization , Audience development
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de la Garza, Armida (2016) 'Film policy under globalization: the case of Mexico'. International Journal of Cultural Policy, 22(5), pp. 758-769. doi: 10.1080/10286632.2016.1223639
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© 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of Cultural Policy on 17 Oct 2016, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/10286632.2016.1223639.