Encanto: One Hundred Minutes of Solitude

How did a magical realism book full of death, civil wars, questionable family relationships, and other demons influence Disney's latest animated movie?

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Sorry if my eyes look red at points. I promise I wasn't high, I was crying over "Dos Oruguitas".

Aforementioned article I wrote for Polygon: https://www.polygon.com/22851932/enca...

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SECTIONS
0:00 - Prologue: Encanto
05:26 - Part 1: Macondo
12:10 - Part 2: The Encanto of Macondo
15:47 - Part 3: The Unbearable Solitude of Being Colombian
26:09 - Part 4: Responding With Life
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SOURCES

Books
- García Márquez, Gabriel, One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967)
- García Márquez, Gabriel, The Solitude of Latin America (1982)
- LaRosa, Michael J. & Mejía, Germán. Historia Concisa de Colombia (2013)
- Reyes Lancaster-Jones, Juan Pablo, The Art of Encanto (2021)

Movies
- Encanto (2021) dir. Jared Bush, Byron Howard, & Charise Castro-Smith, Walt Disney Studios
- Beauty and the Beast (1991) dir. Gary Trousdale & Kirk Wise, Walt Disney Studios
- The Emperor's New Groove (2000) dir. Mark Dindal, Walt Disney Studios
- Fantasia (1940) dir. James Algar, Walt Disney Studios
- Hercules (1997) dir. John Musker & Ron Clements, Walt Disney Studios
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) dir. Gary Trousdale & Kirk Wise, Walt Disney Studios
- Lilo & Stitch (2002) dir. Chris Sanders, Walt Disney Studios
- Monsters, Inc. (2002) dir. Pete Docter, Pixar Animation Studios
- The Road to El Dorado (2000) dir. Bibo Bergeron & Don Paul, DreamWorks Pictures
- Shrek 2 (2004) dir. Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury, & Conrad Vernon, DreamWorks Pictures
- Spirited Away (2002) dir. Hayao Miyazaki, Studio Ghibli
- Toy Story 2 (1999) dir. John Lasseter, Pixar Animation Studios

TV Shows
- Arrested Development, "Let 'Em Eat Cake" (2004) dir. Paul Feig, 20th Century Fox Television
- Crónicas de una Generación Trágica "Comuneros y Señoritos" (1993) dir. Jorge Alí Triana, Tevecine
- Crónicas de una Generación Trágica "El Florero de Llorente" (1993) dir. Jorge Alí Triana, Tevecine
- La Pola, "Capítulo 43" (2011) dir. Sergio Cabrera, RCN
- SpongeBob SquarePants, "Opposite Day" (1999) dir. Tom Yasumi, Nickelodeon

Publications
- Colombia Reports. (2021, July 20). "Forced displacement" Colombia Reports. https://colombiareports.com/amp/force...