9.01.2004

Hispanic Heritage Month 2004

       


Film Series

Sponsored by the Walter J. Brown Media Archives and the UGA Libraries' Media Department.

All screenings will be held in Room 150 of the Student Learning Center beginning at 7:00 p.m.



September 21

Chavez: Inside the Coup. (Peabody Winner - 2003150 DCT)
A documentary by ZDF German TV and the Irish Film Board about the 48 hour coup in 2002 against Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez. (65 minutes) (This documentary is also known as The Revolution Will Not Be Televised.)

Discussants: Dr. Carolina Acosta-Alzuru (Grady College) and Dr. José Alvarez (Romance Languages).



September 28

Greener Grass: Cuba, Baseball and the United States. (Peabody 2000135 DCT)

This film about the 1999 exhibition series between the Baltimore Orioles and the Cuban National Team documents how baseball can be both a bridge and barrier between the two countries. (57 minutes)

Discussant: Marc Petrini (Romance Languages).



October 5

Heatwave. 2 episodes: Paquito D'Rivera (Peabody 84001 ENT) and Mongo Santamaría (Peabody 84002 ENT).

A jazz series by Boston PBS station WGBH. These two episodes feature Cuban jazz musicians Paquito D'Rivera (saxophonist and clarinetist) and Mongo Santamaría (conguero). (each episode is 30 minutes)

Discussant: Dr. Thomas "Tony" McCutchen (School of Music).



October 12

Manuela Sáenz: la libertadora del libertador. (DVD 269.1)

A whaling ship carrying Herman Melville arrives in Perú, where he finds Manuela Sáenz, the former mistress of Símon Bolívar. Her life story enfolds as she rereads letters from Bolívar which recount her life as a colonel in his movement to unite South America into one nation. (97 minutes)

Discussant: Leonardo Padrón, the film's screenwriter.

"Peabody Conversation" sponsored by the Center for Humanities and Arts



October 18

Almost a Woman. (Peabody Winner - 2002021 ENT)

The program will be followed by a discussion with the film's writer Esmeralda Santiago and executive producers Marian Rees and Anna Hopkins. 7:00 p.m. Tate Center Theater