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Musical and Other Cultural Responses to Political Violence in Latin America

by michaelc Posted on 4 November 2013

Musical and Other Cultural Responses to Political Violence in Latin America A really interesting one-day conference in Manchester on 6 December – and not just because I’ll be screening an extract from ‘Interrupted Memory‘.

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Chile on Film: A One-day Symposium

by michaelc Posted on 28 October 2013

Saturday 23rd November, Centre of Latin American Studies, University of Cambridge (advance registration required). http://www.latin-american.cam.ac.uk/events/chile-on-film Includes the first screening of my new video, ‘Chile: Divided Generations’ – a study of the politics of memory in Chile, extracted from a longer … Continue reading →

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‘Interrupted Memory’ Teaser

by michaelc Posted on 12 September 2013

Here’s a teaser for Interrupted Memory : [vimeo]http://vimeo.com/74300839#[/vimeo]

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Coming soon: ‘Interrupted Memory’ / ‘Memoria interrumpida’

by michaelc Posted on 31 July 2013

Interrupted Memory is the title of the film I’ve been shooting over the last three months in Argentina and Chile, a documentary about memory and politics which follows the course of people in the act of remembering in front of the … Continue reading →

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No small beer at Cuba’s Film School

by michaelc Posted on 30 July 2013

This is a revised version, incorporating feedback received. At the beginning of July, the EICTV, Cuba’s world renowned film school at San Antonio de los Baños was hit by a bombshell when the current director, the Guatemalan Rafael Rosal, announced … Continue reading →

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University of Chile attacked with Tear Gas and Water Cannon

by michaelc Posted on 14 June 2013

It doesn’t only happen in Turkey. Yesterday, while filming in Santiago, I had my first experience of tear gas. I went to film the latest student protest march against the heavily privatised education system which is a heritage of the … Continue reading →

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Q&A on Secret City

by michaelc Posted on 11 June 2013

Here’s the video of the Q&A after the DocHouse screening of ‘Secret City’ at the Riverside last May [vimeo]http://vimeo.com/68041329#[/vimeo]

Posted in Capitalism, Cultural Politics, Documentary, Media, Video | Tagged Capitalism, Cities, Documentary, Politics, Recession, Video activism | Comments Off

Higher Education is not a commodity

by michaelc Posted on 11 June 2013

The following interview, done by email, originally appeared on EvoLLLution. 1. Would you say higher education is a commodity, or not? Absolutely not; and not just higher education, but education at any and every level. Education is a process of … Continue reading →

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Alfredo Guevara (1925-2013)

by michaelc Posted on 20 April 2013

Here is a photograph of two Guevaras. With the death of Alfredo Guevara, the one on the right, at the age of 87, who was no relation to the Guevara on the left, Cuban cinema has lost its great champion. … Continue reading →

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Pointless Obstacles

by michaelc Posted on 11 April 2013

If the death of one Margaret Thatcher has served to remind us that the present crisis has its roots back in the 80s on her watch, one of things that Thatcherism was responsible for was the corruption of the value … Continue reading →

Posted in Academic life, Cultural Politics | Tagged Academic life, Humanities | 1 Comment

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Musical and Other Cultural Responses to Political Violence in Latin America

Chile on Film: A One-day Symposium

‘Interrupted Memory’ Teaser

Coming soon: ‘Interrupted Memory’ / ‘Memoria interrumpida’

No small beer at Cuba’s Film School

University of Chile attacked with Tear Gas and Water Cannon

Q&A on Secret City

Higher Education is not a commodity

Alfredo Guevara (1925-2013)

Pointless Obstacles

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