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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""><font size=5 color="#0000FF"><b>
Latin American Film Series --- Winter
2008</b></font><font size=4><br><br>
as part of <br>
</font><font size=4 color="#0000FF"><b>FVC 125 E/ SPN 125
E</b></font><font size=4><br>
Indigenous Media and Latin America<br><br>
We will be screening a selection of rarely shown documentaries<br>
and fiction films made by indigenous media activists or with<br>
significant participation of indigenous actors. Several of<br>
these films and videos are not usually commercially<br>
distributed. They have, however, been seen by audiences in<br>
rural indigenous and peasant communities and at international<br>
indigenous film and video festivals. All films are subtitled<br>
or spoken in English.<br><br>
Screenings are free and take place every<br>
Tuesday at 07:10 pm - 10:00 pm in SURGE 173<br><br>
All are welcome. Hope you can make it!<br><br>
<b>1/15</b><x-tab> </x-tab>TRINKETS AND BEADS (USA
1996, 53 min.) documents the<br>
lives of the Huaorani, Ecuadorian indigenous peoples who,<br>
after 20 years of pressure from foreign oil companies, agreed<br>
to allow oil-drilling on their land. Focuses on the<br>
introduction of massive environmental pollution and cultural<br>
change, and the tribe's subsequent efforts to regain control<br>
of their lives and lands.<br><br>
<b>1/22</b><x-tab> </x-tab>Kayapo-Out of the
Forest (UK 1989, 52 min.) part of the<br>
Granada Television Company's "Disappearing World" Series,
this<br>
documentary attests to the vitality of Kayapo and Xavante<br>
Indians who organized dispersed communities and successfully<br>
resisted the building of a hydroelectric dam on the Xingu river.<br><br>
<b>1/29<x-tab> </x-tab></b>Taking Aim (Brazil and
USA 1993, 40 min.), directed by<br>
independent Brazilian filmmaker Monika Frota and postproduced<br>
at the University of Southern California. Taking Aim includes<br>
footage shot by Kayapo videomakers. It shows how these young<br>
videomakers appropriated video technology, which they had<br>
demanded in compensation for their participation in the<br>
Granada TV documentary Kayapo- Out of the Forest.<br><br>
<b>2/5</b><x-tab> </x-tab>Video in the
Villages Presents Itself (Brazil 2002, 33<br>
min.) & Jungle Secrets (Brazil 1998, 37 min.). Directed by<br>
Mari Corea, Video in the Villages Presents Itself gives an<br>
overview of the Video nas Aldeias project, which was founded<br>
in 1987 to give indigenous communities control over their own<br>
images. The video details the project's achievements,<br>
including the creation of an indigenous television show. <br>
Includes interviews with videomakers and community members,<br>
and behind-the-scenes shots of the conceptualization and<br>
execution of the community-based videos. Jungle Secrets is a<br>
collection of 4 shorts. Waiapi stories of ancestors and<br>
forest monsters are acted by tribe members who intend the<br>
videos to be shown to other Indians to make them beware of<br>
threats from outside forces, such as white men, to their lives<br>
and traditions.<br><br>
<b>2/12</b><x-tab> </x-tab>Yawar Mallku/Blood of
the Condor (Bolivia 1969, 89 min.).<br>
A classic by Bolivia's foremost filmmaker Jorge Sanjines and<br>
his Group Ukamau. A Quechua community enacts a story based on<br>
true events, the sterilization of indigenous women by the<br>
Peace Corps in the 1960s. The film spurred international<br>
debate and contributed to the eventual ousting of the Peace<br>
Corps from Latin America.<br><br>
<b>2/19 </b>Qulqi Chaliku/Vest Made of Money (Bolivia 1998, 25 min.)<br>
& Qati Qati/Whispers of Death (Bolivia 1999, 35 min.) Made by<br>
a multiethnic organization of indigenous videomakers (CAIB)<br>
and non-indigenous collaborators and advisors (CEFREC), both<br>
of these low-budget fiction shorts are based on traditional<br>
stories and set in rural communities in the Bolivian Andes. <br>
Vest Made of Money tells of story of avarice, death and<br>
insanity. Qati Qati is an ward-winning fiction short based on<br>
a tale of the walking dead. Both films attest to the strategy<br>
of adapting popular Hollywood genres (horror) to Aymara and<br>
Quechua weaving and storytelling traditions.<br><br>
<b>2/26 </b>El Oro Maldito/Cursed Gold (Bolivia 1998, 25 min.) &<br>
Llanthupi Munakuy/Loving Each Other in the Shadows (Bolivia<br>
2001, 50 min.) Made by a multiethnic organization of<br>
indigenous videomakers (CAIB) and non-indigenous collaborators<br>
and advisors (CEFREC), both of these low-budget fiction shorts<br>
are based on traditional stories and set in rural communities.<br>
The shorts attest to the evolving skills of indigenous<br>
videomakers. Featuring Aidee Alvarez, Cursed Gold is a<br>
melodramatic, allegorical tale set in the subtropical Coca<br>
producing Chapare region; the melodrama Loving Each Other in<br>
the Shadows criticizes Quechua patriarchy.<br><br>
<b>3/4</b><x-tab> </x-tab>ABORTO SIN PENA
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Screening and discussion with filmmakers Gregory Berger (Anglo<br>
USA) and Estela Kempis (Otomi/Nahuat).<br><br>
freya schiwy<br>
assistant professor <br>
vice-director latin american studies program<br>
media and cultural studies department<br>
hispanic studies department<br>
900 university ave, INST 3118<br>
university of california, riverside<br>
tel. 951 827 5680<br>
email: freyasch@ucr.edu</font></blockquote><br><br>
<font color="#0000FF"><b><i>Cindi Smith<br>
</i></b>Academic Programs Analyst<br>
College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences<br>
University of California, Riverside<br>
(951) 827-3572<br>
(951) 827-4537 FAX<br>
</font><font color="#FF0000">cynthia.smith@ucr.edu<br><br>
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