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10/9/2009 CONTACT: Franz Brotzen Rice film series will explore Latin American left The left has done well across Latin America in the last decade. From Chile to Brazil, Argentina to Venezuela, leftist candidates have been elected president. While the trend is not universal (Mexico and Colombia are counterexamples), politics have certainly taken a leftward turn in the region since the 1980s. Rice Cinema will present six documentary films that deal with the recent political history of the hemisphere. Titled "¡Revolución! The New Latin American Left," the series will begin Oct. 9. The aim of the series is to open a constructive and engaging dialogue about the similarities, differences, challenges and risks of the contemporary left in Latin America while discussing the immediate and long-term future of the region. A specialist in the field of Latin American Studies will introduce each film, and all screenings will be followed by a dialogue with the audience. The first film, "La Revolución No Será Televisada/The Revolution Will Not Be Televised," deals with the attempted 2002 coup against Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez. On Oct. 10, "La Hija del General/The General's Daughter" profiles Michelle Bachelet's successful 2006 campaign to win the presidency of Chile. The following night, "Yo Presidente/I President" presents direct interviews with practically all of Argentina's presidents since the country's return to democracy in 1983. The Oct. 12 documentary, "Fraude, México 2006/Fraud, Mexico 2006," is a critical look at the controversial election that brought President Felipe Calderón to power. The next weekend, "Entreatos/Intermissions" will be shown Oct. 16. The film details Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's 2002 bid to become Brazilian president. The series concludes Oct. 18 with "Cocalero," a portrait of Bolivia’s first indigenous president, Evo Morales. The series is free and open to the public and will be shown at Rice Cinema. For directions, go to http://www.rice.edu/maps/maps.html. All the films begin at 7 p.m., except "Entreatos/Intermissions," which begins at 5 p.m. For more, go to http://www.bakerinstitute.org/events. Sponsors of the film series include the departments of Hispanic Studies, Political Science and History; Rice Cinema; the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy; the University of Houston's Department of Political Science; and Cinema Tropical of New York. For more information on the film series, contact Luis Duno-Gottberg, associate professor of Spanish, at ld4@rice.edu. |
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