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Inaugural session
Human Rights & Latin America: Films in Dialogue
A surprising perspective of the Malvinas/Falklands War
6 February, 6 pm: La forma exacta de las islas [The exact shape of the islands] (2012),
by Edgardo Dieleke and Daniel Casabe (85 m.)
In dialogue with director Edgardo Dieleke and Prof. Bernard McGuirk (Nottingham)
In Spanish (with English subtitles). Senate House. Free Entrance. All Welcome.
The Exact Shape of the Islands is a documentary entirely shot in the Malvinas / Falkland Islands. The remote islands in the southern cone are mainly remembered because of the 1982 war between Argentina and the UK. With this violent and hunting history in the background, La forma exacta de las islas tells the story of two trips. The first shows the return to the islands of two Argentine ex-combatants, through the passionate lens of Julieta, a young PhD student from Princeton University who is doing her research on the literature of the war. The second records Julieta’s return to the islands, both exploring the resonances of the war in the present and the intimate affects that she established during her first trip.
Edgardo Dieleke (1980, Buenos Aires, Argentina) co directed Hot Button Players (2011) also with Daniel Casabé, a film that was selected for the XIII BAFICI (Buenos Aires Independent Film Festival) and was commercially released in 2013. He started to make films first as a critic, when he was completing his PhD in Latin American Literature and Cultures. He earned his PhD from Princeton University in 2013 with a dissertation on the boundaries of documentary and fiction. He is currently working as a scriptwriter and as professor in NYU Buenos Aires and other institutions, teaching courses on Film and Literature. He is developing a feature film with Daniel Casabé.
This new series invites both the academic community and the general public to reflect on contemporary discourses of Human Rights in Latin America through the gaze of renowned filmmakers of the region. Some of the topics addressed by the screenings are: democracy, indigenous population, economical inequality, race, gender and sexual slavery. Each film will be introduced by a guest speaker and it will be followed by an open debate with the audience.
Coordination and facilitation: Dr. Cecilia Sosa (University of East London/ Institute of Latin American Studies) and Dr. Jordana Blejmar (Institute of Modern Languages Research).
6 February, 6 pm, Senate House, Room 103 (first floor), Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU.
Dr. J. Blejmar
Lecturer in Hispanic Studies
Editor, Journal of Romance Studies
Institute of Modern Languages Research
School of Advanced Study
University of London
Senate House
Malet St.
London WC1E 7HU.
Room ST 280 (Stewart House)
Tel: 020 7862 8964
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