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Catherine Benamou (Ph.D. 1997, New York University) is Associate Professor of Screen Arts & Cultures and American Culture; she is also on the faculty of the Latino/a Studies Program. She is a film historian specializing in hemispheric and ethnic media and the cinema of Orson Welles. Her teaching (and research) interests include: history and theory of Documentary cinema; international film genres; cinema and Diaspora; Spanish-language television, transmission and reception; indigenous media in the hemisphere; the history of inter-American representation; Brazilian cinema and television. Her recent publications include: "Rediscovering Orson Welles" MICHIGAN QUARTERLY REVIEW 38/4 (Fall, 1999). "Those Earrings, That Accent, That Hair': A Dialogue with Maria Hinojosa on Latino/as and the Media," in Ella Shohat, ed. TAKING VISIONS: MULTICULTURAL FEMINISM IN A TRANSNATIONAL AGE (NY: New Museum of Contemporary Art; Cambridge, MA: MIT press). In the past year, Dr. Benamou also made presentations to "The Unknown Orson Welles" film conference hosted by the Filmmuseum in Munich, Germany; "Shakespeare on Screen: the Centenary Conference," hosted by the University of Malaga at Benalmadena, Spain; and the Plenary on the State of the Profession, Society for Cinema Studies conference in Chicago, Illinois. She is currently completing a book manuscript, IT'S ALL TRUE: ORSON WELLES AT WORK IN LATIN AMERICA (University of California Press), and developing a comprehensive research project on the transmission and reception of Spanish- and Portuguese-language television in the diverse Latino/a Communities of Los Angeles, California. Last summer, she launched the IT'S ALL TRUE PRESERVATION PROJECT at the UCLA Film and Television Archive, which will recommence in January with seed funding from the Los Angeles Critics Association (LAFCA). She continues to chair the Latino/a Caucus of the Society for Cinema Studies, and is Co-Chair of the Caucus Coordinating Committee. Ms. Benamou teaches the following courses at the University of Michigan: AC 351: RACE AND AMERICAN CINEMA AC 380/SP380/FV 380: STUDIES IN TRANSNATIONAL MEDIA AC420/SP 420: LATINAMERICAN AND LATINO/A FILM STUDIES FV 455: ORSON WELLES IN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE AC490/FV451: AMERICAN FILM GENRES LS505/ FV 603:FILM AND CULTURE. back |
