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Nilo Couret is an Associate Professor in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at the University of Michigan. He specializes in Latin American cinema, focusing on the cultural impact and circulation of film in media industries, popular genres, and documentary traditions. His work combines archival research from Latin America, Europe, and the United States with interdisciplinary approaches that include political economy and visual studies. His book, "Mock Classicism: Latin American Film Comedy, 1930-1960," examines how popular comedies in Mexico, Argentina, and Brazil provided critical commentary on social change. Couret's current research project focuses on non-fiction filmmaking in Latin America, investigating the role of institutional sponsorship in documentaries from the 1920s onward. His teaching emphasizes environmental humanities, media theory, and critical film studies, with a curriculum that includes discussions on global cinema and popular culture.
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science