[antiwar-van] (Thurs Film nite) Reclaiming History and Resistance

[harsha at resist.ca]

   r e c l a i m i n g   h i s t o r y  &  r e s i s t a n c e

THURSDAY SEP 8 2005
ROOM 2270, SFU HARBOUR CENTER (515 West Hastings)
Part on Envisioning Peoples Struggles
http://vancouver.nooneisillegal.org/ 778-885-0040

6:30 PM: 11'09''01
7:30 PM: Chile: Obstinate Memory. Introduced by Carmen Rodriguez


11'09''01 - September 11
11 directors, 11 stories, 1 film

This film is a unique and extraordinary response to the catastrophic
events in New York city that shook the world on September 11, 2001.
Producer Alaiin Brigand invited 11 renowned international directors
(Samira Makhmalbaf, Claude Lelouch, Youseff Chahine, Danis Tanovic,
Idrissa Ouedraogo, Ken Loach, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Amos Gitai,
Mira Nair, Sean Penn, Shohei Imamura) to look towards their own cultures,
their own memories, their own stories and their own language, and create a
film lasting eleven minutes, nine seconds and one frame - 11'09"01 -
around September 11 and its consequences.

We will be screening 5 of these films.



Chile: Obstinate Memory
By Patricio Guzmán, 52 minutes, Spanish with English Subtitles

“Pure in focus and vigorous in attack, this fifty-eight-minute documentary
achieves poetic intensity with a spare, unmannered style.”- Review by The
New Yorker. Patricio Guzmán's landmark film The Battle of Chile documented
the Popular Unity period of Allende's government, the tumultuous events
leading up to the US-backed coup in Chile on September 11, 1973, and
Allende's death. But the memory of those times and events was largely
barred from the collective consciousness of the Chilean people. In “Chile
Obstinate Memory”, he returns to Chile to explore the terrain of the
confiscated memories of the Chilean people- from those with first-hand
experience of the coup to those too young to remember. The film combines
heartbreaking reminiscences and provocative confrontations in the rebirth
of collective memory of September 11 in Chile.

* Film introduced by Carmen Rodriguez. Carmen Rodríguez is a Chilean-born
writer, journalist and educator who came to Canada in political exile
following the Augusto Pinochet military coup of September 11, 1973. Her
poetry, short stories, articles and essays have been published in numerous
periodicals and anthologies. A bilingual collection of her poetry, Guerra
Prolongada/Protracted War, was published by Women's Press (Toronto) in
1992. A collection of short stories, And A Body to Remember With, was
awarded an Honorary Mention of the City of Santiago Literary Awards and
was a finalist for the Vancouver Book Award in 1998. Both her poetry and
stories include experiences and issues related to political activism,
immigration and exile, memory and resistance. Currently, she teaches in
the Latin American Studies Program of Simon Fraser University and is the
Vancouver correspondent for the Spanish Section of Radio Canada
International.