Our Theme: Coraje - (Courage)
EL DIARIO DE AGUSTIN (AGUSTÍN’S NEWSPAPER)
[Documentary; Chile 2009; NR]
Tuesday March 23 @ 7:30PM in JEFFERSON ACADEMIC CENTER 320.
Director: Ignacio Aguero.
El Mercurio, Chile's national newspaper of record, is the oldest and largest paper in the country, continuously published by the Edwards family since 1849. AGUSTÍN'S NEWSPAPER follows journalism students from the University of Chile as they launch an investigation into the work of the newspaper, and its role in their country's political history, in particular during the election of Salvador Allende in 1970, the violent coup against him in 1973, and the subsequent 17 years of the military regime. The film features archival footage, and interviews with former editors, journalists and other staff members at El Mercurio; Agusto Pinochet's political advisor and press secretary; relatives of political dissidents who were "disappeared;" and John Dinges, former Washington Post correspondent in Santiago.
Together, the students and the film dig into the particulars of several key events and their coverage in El Mercurio. They also look into relations between the owners and managers of the newspaper and Chilean political parties, the church, military, secret police, and the CIA.
In the end, through its attention to the details of one country's journalistic history, AGUSTÍN'S NEWSPAPER raises profound questions not only about the role and responsibilities of Chile's most important newspaper, but of all those who control or manage the dissemination of information and the reporting of news in every country.
80 minutes. Spanish with English subtitles.
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LA MUJER SIN CABEZA (THE HEADLESS WOMAN)
[Drama; Argentina 2007; NR]
Thursday March 25 @ 7:30PM, Sunday March 28 @ 4PM, both in JEFFERSON ACADEMIC CENTER 320.
Director: Lucrecia Martel. Stars: Maria Onetto, Claudia Cantero.
Veronica, a self-absorbed upper-middle-class woman, is driving on the highway. She becomes distracted and runs over something. On the days following this incident, she fails to recognize the feelings that bond her to things and people. She just lets herself be taken by the events of her social life. One night she tells her husband that she killed someone on the highway. They go back to the road only to find a dead dog. Friends close to the police confirm that there were no accident reports. Everything returns to normal and the bad moment seems to be over until the news of a gruesome discovery again worries everyone.
87 minutes. Spanish with English subtitles.
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GIGANTE
[Drama - Uruguay 2008; NR]
Saturday March 27 @ 7:30PM in JEFFERSON ACADEMIC CENTER 320.
Director: Adrien Biniez. Stars: Horacio Camandule, Leonor Svarcas.
Jara is a shy and lonely 35-year-old security guard at a supermarket on the outskirts of Montevideo. He works the night shift, monitoring the surveillance cameras of the entire building. One night Jara discovers Julia, a 25-year-old cleaning woman, through one of the cameras and is immediately attracted to her. Night after night, he watches her on the cameras while she works. Soon he starts following her after work: to the cinema, the beach and even to a date with another man. Jara's life becomes a series of routines and rituals around Julia, but eventually he finds himself at a crossroad and must decide whether to give up his obsession or confront it.
84 min. Spanish with English subtitles.
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CEMENTERIO DE PAPEL (BURIED IN PAPER)
[Political Drama; Mexico 2007; NR]
Sunday March 28 @ 1PM in RAZZO HALL, Traina Center for the Arts.
Director: Mario Hernandez. Stars: Alberto Estrella, Jose Juan Meraz, Rocio Verdejo.
With the death of the young woman in charge of greeting new visitors to the General National Archive in Mexico City, stories of death and violence once again haunt the hallways of the Lecumberri Palace - the notorious former prison which now houses the Archive. Miguel, the director of police during the term of President Echeverria, can't hide his fears when he hears that the security archives dating back to Mexico's "Dirty War" of the 1970's will be open to the public.
100 minutes. Spanish with English subtitles.
NOTE: Fritz Glockner, author of the novel on which the film is based, will be in attendance at the screening and will discuss the film after the performance.
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TICKETS:
$5.00 adults, $3.00 seniors & Worcester Consortium students (with ID)
NOTE: We will be accepting WOO Cards for discounted tickets.
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