The Future of Cinema

Cinema is deeply influenced by societal discourses; nevertheless, is important to recognize that this industry has the same power to reshape those conversations. Cinema is and, I dare say, will always be an important apparatus for cultural production and symbolic legitimation. Manipulation of the spectators is an inherent aspect of films; therefore, cinema can normalize a matrix of domination, uphold structural oppression, and consolidate identities within the imposed social order. Thus, films have the power to become tools of subversion and fundamental parts for the dismantling of oppressive and exploitative structures. While I do think it is possible that the ways in which we conceptualize and produce narratives in the cinema industry will change, ultimately, the practice will continue to be as relevant and will have the same potential for revolution as it has today.