[Englecturers] From Freya Schiwy -- LAS film series -- Winter 2008

[John Ganim]

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