Cine Club Presenta
CINE POSCONFLICTO
Los colores de la montaña
Miércoles 10 de febrero a las 6 PM
104 Mullins Library
SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES
Miércoles 2 de marzo a las 6 PM
104 Mullins Library
A Documentary by Marianne Teleki and Héctor Salgado
At 16, Héctor Salgado was arrested and tortured by Pinochet's forces. By 20, Héctor was without a country, living in exile in the US, the very place whose devastating foreign policies in Chile caused the death and torture of thousands of Chileans.
Special Circumstances follows Héctor as he returns to Chile almost 30 years later, camera in hand, to confront the perpetrators and his former captors looking for answers and justice. In the process, the documentary takes an unflinching look at US foreign policy in Latin America in the '70s, and the legacy of Pinochet with which Chile struggles today.
La Sirga
Miércoles 16 de marzo a las 6 PM
104 Mullins Library
Sin embargo
Miércoles 6 de abril a las 6 PM
104 Mullins Library
After the revolution of 1959 and the U.S. embargo that followed, the people of Cuba were left to fend for themselves. Deprived of even the most basic goods, they scavenge the alleys and scrap heaps, giving new vitality to the discarded. Their recycled products are often remarkably ingenious and creative. For Andres the sculptor, Tomas the canary breeder, and the other subjects of Sin Embargo, even the greatest pressure – whether levied by government or circumstance – cannot crush the spirit nor quash the desire to forge a better life for themselves and their families. Shot entirely in Cuba, Sin Embargo is a look into the hearts and dreams of struggling peoples and a tribute to their optimistic and resourceful determination to survive.
• Review in Spanish in the New Herald, Miami.