Latinx Film Was Represented With 16 Movies in the 2023 Atlanta Film Festival. The 2023 Atlanta Film Festival + Creative Conference (ATLFF), founded in 1976 and operated by the Atlanta Film Society, celebrated its 47th edition. Combining Hollywood and independent films, it featured a total of 115 creative works (from nearly 10,000 submissions).
In 2023, Latinx film was represented with 16 movies. From these, only two were long-format films, produced in the United States, and both were documentaries. “JessZilla” (2023), directed by Emily Sheskin, tells the story of Jesselyn Silva, a 15-year-old girl from New Jersey, who is a national boxing champion aspiring to reach the cusp when she faces a cancer diagnosis. In “Silent Beauty” (2022), director Jasmin Mara López tells her story of childhood sexual abuse and the process of healing.
The remaining 14 short films (mostly documentaries) included the representation of three Latin American countries: “Blue” (Mexico), “Cristo Negro” (Panama), “I Seek Your Help to Bury a Man” (Brazil). More on our website (link in bio).
5 months ago
“Journalism can help Guatemala’s citizens fight fascism”
In this video column, José Zamora, a Guatemalan journalist, chief communications and impact officer at Exile Content Studios, highlights how the government of President Giammattei exploited the COVID-19 crisis to establish and promote an authoritarian political system that suppresses critical voices. Zamora further emphasizes the role of journalism in empowering citizens, especially the new generation, to combat misinformation and resist the repressive state. Watch our full interview with him on our YouTube channel (link in bio) and visit our website.
#Guatemala #journalism #politics #pandemic #latinamerica #JoseZamora #exilecontent
@paulalonso1 @exilecontent @jczamora
5 months ago
![Atlanta: FREE SCREENING and Q&A with director. Open to the public. Saturday April 22, 5pm, at Georgia Tech.
We would like to invite you to the 2023 Global Media Festival, with a fantastic participation of Latin American filmmakers and movies. A highlight of the festival is the screening of “La Revolución y la Tierra ” [The Revolution and the Land], Peru’s most watched documentary of all time about the history of struggles for the land and citizenship in the country, and a tribute to marginalized cinema. The movie is in Spanish with English subtitles. After the screening we will have an in-person Q&A with the film director Gonzalo Benavente Secco. The event will be on Saturday April 22nd, at 5pm, Atlantic Theater, Student Center, Georgia Tech. The screening is free and open to the public (so feel free to invite friends). It includes complementary popcorn and catering.
The Global Media Festival (or GMF) is the GT School of Modern Languages’ annual film and discussion series focusing on sustainability across languages and cultures. The 2023 festival explores the theme “reduced inequalities within and among countries” (# 10 of the UN sustainable development goals). More information and RSVP here: https://globalmediafest.modlangs.gatech.edu/](https://polivision.modlangs.gatech.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/340830130_647953063760298_2136034546682361865_n.jpg)
Atlanta: FREE SCREENING and Q&A with director. Open to the public. Saturday April 22, 5pm, at Georgia Tech.
We would like to invite you to the 2023 Global Media Festival, with a fantastic participation of Latin American filmmakers and movies. A highlight of the festival is the screening of “La Revolución y la Tierra ” [The Revolution and the Land], Peru’s most watched documentary of all time about the history of struggles for the land and citizenship in the country, and a tribute to marginalized cinema. The movie is in Spanish with English subtitles. After the screening we will have an in-person Q&A with the film director Gonzalo Benavente Secco. The event will be on Saturday April 22nd, at 5pm, Atlantic Theater, Student Center, Georgia Tech. The screening is free and open to the public (so feel free to invite friends). It includes complementary popcorn and catering.
The Global Media Festival (or GMF) is the GT School of Modern Languages’ annual film and discussion series focusing on sustainability across languages and cultures. The 2023 festival explores the theme “reduced inequalities within and among countries” (# 10 of the UN sustainable development goals). More information and RSVP here: https://globalmediafest.modlangs.gatech.edu/
5 months ago
We are happy to announce the line-up of Georgia Tech’s 2023 Global Media Festival, our annual film and discussion series focusing on sustainability across languages and cultures. The 2023 festival explores the theme “reduced inequalities within and among countries” (# 10 of the UN sustainable development goals). This year, the festival will run from Monday, April 17th to Sunday, April 23rd, 2023. ALL SCREENINGS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! They include complementary popcorn (and many of them catering). All events will be in Atlantic and Cypress Theaters at Georgia Tech’s Student Center.
Directed by Paul Alonso, associate professor at GT, the 2023 Global Media Festival will include screenings of international films from Peru, France, China, Germany, Japan, and Brazil and Q&A with directors and discussants.
Highlights include the screening of “The Revolution and the Land,” Peru’s most watched documentary of all time about the history of struggles for the land and citizenship in the country, and the on-campus Q&A with the film director Gonzalo Benavente Secco.
The GMF will also present “Making Pandemics” (France). In this award-winning documentary, French actress Juliette Binoche seeks to understand the causes of the “epidemic of pandemics.” She meets with scientists, specialized “disease ecologists” from around the world, to understand the links between human health and the health of ecosystems.
Transnational Chinese films will be represented with “Above the drowning sea” and “Ascension.” The first one details the story of Jewish refugees from Nazi Europe who found sanctuary in Shanghai on the eve of World War II. The second examines an increasingly stratified China by juxtaposing everyday life of assembly line workers with the nouveau riche.
Other screenings include “One day we arrive in Japan,” a documentary about Brazilian immigration in Japan, and the sci-fi style documentary “Beyond This Backyard” from Brazil.
The 2023 Global Media Festival is sponsored by the School of Modern Languages; the Atlanta Global Studies Center; the School of Literature, Media, and Communication; the Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems; and Serve-Learn-Sustain.
5 months ago
“THE REVOLUTION AND THE LAND” (Peru, 2019).
Screening and Q&A with Director Gonzalo Benavente Secco
Considered the most-watched Peruvian documentary of all time and a tribute to marginalized cinema, “La Revolución y la Tierra” discusses the Agrarian Reform implemented by the military dictatorship of Juan Velasco Alvarado in 1969. Velasco’s so-called “Peruvian revolution” marked a controversial and contentious chapter in the history of struggles for the land and citizenship in Peru.
Saturday, April 22 // GT Student Center, Atlantic Theater // 5-8 P.M
6 months ago
We are happy to announce the line-up of Georgia Tech’s 2023 Global Media Festival, our annual film and discussion series focusing on sustainability across languages and cultures. The 2023 festival explores the theme “reduced inequalities within and among countries” (# 10 of the UN sustainable development goals). This year, the festival will run from Monday, April 17th to Sunday, April 23rd, 2023. ALL SCREENINGS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! They include complementary popcorn (and many of them catering). All events will be in Atlantic and Cypress Theaters at Georgia Tech’s Student Center.
Directed by Paul Alonso, associate professor at GT, the 2023 Global Media Festival will include screenings of international films from Peru, France, China, Germany, Japan, and Brazil and Q&A with directors and discussants.
Highlights include the screening of “The Revolution and the Land,” Peru’s most watched documentary of all time about the history of struggles for the land and citizenship in the country, and the on-campus Q&A with the film director Gonzalo Benavente Secco.
The GMF will also present “Making Pandemics” (France). In this award-winning documentary, French actress Juliette Binoche seeks to understand the causes of the “epidemic of pandemics.” She meets with scientists, specialized “disease ecologists” from around the world, to understand the links between human health and the health of ecosystems.
Transnational Chinese films will be represented with “Above the drowning sea” and “Ascension.” The first one details the story of Jewish refugees from Nazi Europe who found sanctuary in Shanghai on the eve of World War II. The second examines an increasingly stratified China by juxtaposing everyday life of assembly line workers with the nouveau riche.
Other screenings include “One day we arrive in Japan,” a documentary about Brazilian immigration in Japan, and the sci-fi style documentary “Beyond This Backyard” from Brazil.
The 2023 Global Media Festival is sponsored by the School of Modern Languages; the Atlanta Global Studies Center; the School of Literature, Media, and Communication; the Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems; and Serve-Learn-Sustain.
6 months ago
A ‘pataphysical’ writer, Argentinean Julio Cortázar (1914-1984) reinvented neo fantastic Latin American Literature from Paris. He is the author of the short-story collections
“Bestiario” (1951), Final del Juego (1956), and “Las Armas Secretas” (1958). His masterpiece is the novel “Rayuela” (1963; translated as “Hopscotch”).
#JulioCortazar #writer #ArgetineanLiterature #Argentina #LatinAmerica #Arts
6 months ago
“Colombia was the most unequal country among OECD members during the pandemic”
Colombian journalist and YouTuber María Paulina Baena (@mpaulinabaena from @lapullaopinion) discusses the pressing economic disparities in Colombia and the need for solidarity as a means of becoming better people in the post-pandemic. In her Polivision video column, Baena provides an insightful perspective on the socio-economic realities that her country and Latin America are facing after the Covid-19 emergency. For the full video column, check out our YouTube channel and our website (Link in bio)
#colombian #mariapaulinabaena #colombia #pandemic #lapulla #elespectador #journalism #democracy
6 months ago
Considered one of the most important novelists of the 20th century, Peruvian Mario Vargas Llosa (1936-) was inspired by Jean-Paul Sartre and followed the modern paradigm of the “public intellectual.” Unsuccessful presidential candidate in Peru, he is the author of the masterpieces “La Ciudad y los Perros” (1963, translated as “The Time of the Hero”), “Conversación en la catedral” (1969; Conversation in the Cathedral) and “La guerra del fin del mundo” (1981; The War of the End of the World), among many others. He won the Nobel Prize of Literature in 2010 and in 2023 joined the fabled Académie Française in Paris, becoming the first member ever to have written a book in French.
#MarioVargasLlosa #novelist #PeruvianLiterature #Peru #LatinAmerica #Arts
7 months ago
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“Chile’s traditional journalism and media outlets are seen as part of the problem”
In this video column, journalist and professor Sebastián Valenzuela sheds light on the current political and media landscape in Chile, particularly in the post-pandemic context. Valenzuela notes that the traditional journalism and media outlets in Chile are often viewed as part of the political and economical problems the country faces, highlighting how the emergence of new forms of media can better represent and articulate the popular demands of the citizens. For the full video column, check out our YouTube channel and our website (Link in bio)
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#chilean #sebastianvalenzuela #Chile #pandemic #politicalscience #journalism #democracy
7 months ago
Influenced by Surrealism, Existentialism, Buddhism, and Marxism, Octavio Paz (1914-1998) was a Mexican writer, poet and diplomat. One of his most notorious books, El Laberinto de la Soledad (The Labyrinth of Solitude), focuses on Mexican identity. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1990.
#OctavioPaz #MexicanPoet #Poetry #LatinAmerica #Mexico #arts
7 months ago
“We want to see everyone’s stories”
In this throwback video from Hybrid Atlanta, Christopher Escobar (@seeescobar: Executive Director of the Atlanta Film Society and owner of The Plaza Theatre and The Tara Theatre) discusses the importance of showcasing the stories of minorities in film. From the diverse narratives that define Atlanta as a metropolis to the historical significance of the Plaza Theatre and the Atlanta Film Festival, you can check out our complete short video interview on our Youtube Channel!
#PlazaTheater #film #Atlanta #latinamerica #AtlantaFilmFestival #diversestories #colombian
@atlfilmsociety @paulalonso @plazaatlanta
7 months ago
Self-described as an “anti-poet,” Chilean Nicanor Parra (1914-2018) distasted artistic solemnity and pomp, and replaced it with humor and a project to reinvent poetic language. He ended many recitations by saying "Me retracto de todo lo dicho" ("I take back everything I said").
He won the Chilean National Prize for Literature in 1969, the Queen Sofia Prize in 2002, and the Miguel de Cervantes Prize in 2011. He died at the age of 103.
#NicanorParra #AntiPoet #ChileanLiterature #Chile #LatinAmerica #arts
7 months ago
“Discomfort is the best place for satire”
Venezuelan-American Joanna Hausmann (@johaus) delves into the power of discomfort in satire, particularly in relation to her intersectional identity as a Jewish Latinx artist. Watch our full interview with her on our YouTube channel (link in bio) and visit our website.
#Venezuela #comedy #satire #JoannaHausmann #Latinamerica
7 months ago