XXI LATIN AMERICAN FILM & VIDEO FESTIVAL 2007

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11 • Matinee! 4:30 p.m.

Guilford College • Frank Family Science Center, Bryan Auditorium

Introduction by Irma V. Alarcón

4:30pm
El Caso de Pinochet – Chile

This film investigates the origins and development of the international legal prosecution of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet. It explores how a small group of people in Madrid laid the groundwork for his arrest. After Pinochet’s arrest by Scotland Yard, the film follows the workings of the British legal system that ensued. The film also movingly incorporates the stories of many Chileans who traveled to Madrid to testify, including relatives of the “disappeared” and others who survived horrifying torture in secret prisons. 109 minutes, Spanish with English subtitles, 2001.

7:30 p.m
Machuca - Chile

Director: Andrés Wood. Set in 1973, in Santiago, Chile when Salvador Allende was democratically elected President, Machuca is not just a political drama but a poignant coming-of-age film, drawn from the filmmaker’s childhood. Two boys from different economic classes become great friends, while the conflicts on the streets lead Chile to the bloody and repressive military coup of General Augusto Pinochet. 115 minutes, Spanish with English Subtitles, 2004.

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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11 • Matinee! 1:30 1:55 2:15 3:30 p.m.

UNC-Chapel Hill • Auditorium: Global Education Center

1:30 p.m.
Introduction by Rodrigo García Lopes
Sartori Uso- Brazil
Director: Rodrigo Grota. A poet from the shadows, a filmmaker with no films and an enigmatic muse. Inspired by the work of Brazilian writer and poet Rodrigo Garcia Lopes, it is a sort of "false documentary" about the poet’s time in the city of Londrina in the fifties as told through the eyes of American filmmaker Jim Kleist. Neither the poet nor the filmmaker actually existed – they are both fictional characters. Sartori Uso, the poet, was invented in 1986, and his haikus were published in the literary section of local Brazilian newspaper Folha de Londrina. 17 minutes, Portuguese with English subtitles, 2007

1:55 p.m.
Aborto sin Pena – Mexico
Director: Greg Berger. In Mexico, the voices of the woman who have chosen to have an abortion are virtually absent from public debate. Aborto Sin Pena will introduce you to three of these women, from distinct cultural backgrounds. What they say will surprise you. 20 minutes, Spanish with English subtitles, 2007.

2:15 p.m.
Introduction by special guest Howie Machtinger
Morristown: In the Air and Sun- USA
Director: Anne Lewis. A working class response to globalization, the hour-length documentary looks at issues of immigration, factory flight, and the organized demand for economic justice. It chronicles nearly a decade of change in Morristown, Tennessee, through interviews with displaced or low-wage Southern workers, Mexican immigrants, and workers and families impacted by globalization. The film shows how working-class people in Mexico and eastern Tennessee are caught in the throes of massive economic change, challenging their assumptions about work, family, nation and community. 60 minutes, English, 2007.

3:30 p.m.

¡Salud!— Cuba
Introduction & discussion after the screening with special guest John M. Kirk
Kirk has published several books on Cuban international relations, history and culture. He has also worked as an interpreter for former Premier John Savage in meetings with Fidel Castro, as well as with Aleida Guevara (daughter for Che), Adolfo Pérez Esquivel (Nobel Peace Prize laureate from Argentina), Chilean musical groups Inti Illimani and Quilapayun, and Mexican presidential candidate Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas.
Director: Connie Field. Beautifully filmed in Cuba, South Africa, Gambia, Honduras and Venezuela, Salud reveals the human dimension of the worldwide health crisis, and the central role of international cooperation in addressing glaring inequalities. The film examines the remarkable case of Cuba, a cash-strapped country with “one of the world’s best health systems,” and accompanies some of the 28,000 Cuban health professionals now serving in 68 countries. 93 minutes, Spanish & English with English subtitles, 2006.

Winner of Bronze Remi at Houston’s 40th Annual Worldfest
Recipient of American Medical Student Association (AMSA) film award
Winner of Audience Choice Award at Los Angeles’ Pan African Film and Arts Festival