Decolonizing Adventure: A Cinematic Road to El Dorado

A daring adventure (through movies) that sets off to answer the timeless question: is Road to El Dorado colonialist propaganda?

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SECTIONS
0:00 - Prologue: The Legend of El Dorado
03:05 - Part 1: El Dorado is Real
14:10 - Part 2: El Dorado is a Lie
20:25 - Part 3: Let's Unpack All That
24:58 - Part 4: What Really is El Dorado?
28:55 - Part 5: Adventures in Colonialism
34:31 - Part 6: Decolonizing Adventure
41:57 - Credits
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SOURCES

Film
- Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972) dir. Werner Herzog, Filmverlag der Autoren
- Atlantis: the Lost Empire (2001) dir. Gary Trousdale & Kirk Wise, Walt Disney Studios
- Black Panther (2018) dir. Ryan Coogler, Walt Disney Studios
- Comanche Station (1960) dir. Budd Boetticher, Columbia Pictures
- Distant Drums (1951) dir. Raoul Walsh, Paramount Pictures
- Dora and the Lost City of Gold (2019) dir. James Bobin, Paramount Pictures
- First Cow (2020) dir. Kelly Reichardt, A24
- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) dir. Steven Spielberg, Lucasfilm Ltd.
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) dir. Steven Spielberg, Lucasfilm Ltd.
- Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) dir. Steven Spielberg, Lucasfilm Ltd.
- Jungle Cruise (2021) dir. Jaume Collet-Serra, Walt Disney Studios
- Lady Bird (2017) dir. Greta Gerwig, A24
- The Lost City of Z (2016) dir. James Gray, Amazon Studios
- The Mask of Zorro (1998) dir. Martin Campbell, Sony Pictures
- Moana (2016) dir. John Musker & Ron Clements, Walt Disney Studios
- National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007) dir. Jon Turteltaub, Walt Disney Studios
- No Country For Old Men (2007) dir. Joel & Ethan Coen, Miramax Films
- Peter Pan (1953) dir. Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, & Hamilton Luske, Walt Disney Studios
- Pocahontas (1995) dir. Mike Gabriel & Eric Goldberg, Walt Disney Studios
- Tintin and the Temple of the Sun (1969) dir, Eddie Lateste, Belvision
- Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) dir. Steven Spielberg, Lucasfilm Ltd.
- Reel Injun (2009) dir. Neil Diamond, Rezolution Pictures
- The Road to El Dorado (2000) dir. Bibo Bergeron & Don Paul, DreamWorks Pictures
- The Royal Hunt of the Sun (1969) dir. Irving Lerner, National General Pictures
- True Grit (2010) dir. Joel & Ethan Coen, Paramount Pictures
- Le Voyage Dans la Lune (1902) dir. Georges Méliès, Star Film Company

TV Shows
- DuckTales (1987) "The Treasure of the Golden Suns Part V: Too Much of a Good Thing" (1987) dir. Alan Zaslov, Walt Disney Television Animation
- DuckTales (2017) "Nothing Can Stop Della Duck!" (2019) dir. Tanner Johnson, Walt Disney Television Animation
- Behind the Attraction (2021) "Jungle Cruise" dir. Brian Volk-Weiss, Disney Platform Distribution

Podcasts
- Diana Uribe, La Historia de América Latina: El Norte de Sudamérica I (2021)

Books
- Farr, Michael. Tintin, The Complete Companion (2001)
- Herge. The Adventures of Tintin (1929-1973)
- LaRosa, Michael J & Mejía, Germán. Historia Concisa de Colombia (2013)
- Sánchez-Escalonilla, Antonio. Guión de Aventura y Forja del Héroe (2002)

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