ARCHEOLOGY OF MEMORY: THE VILLA GRIMALDI
Movies that Matter is observing 9/11 - 1973 and post 9/11 with a screening of the amazing and moving documentary Archeology of Memory: the Villa Grimaldi, directed by Marilyn Mulford (Freedom on My Mind).
We're screening the festival version with a short and a roundtable discussion about human rights, civil rights and extraordinary rendition with Amnesty International, Survivors of Torture International and the ACLU.
Archeology of Memory is the extraordinary story of Bay Area-based
multimedia artist and musician Quique Cruz
who was arrested, disappeared and tortured under Pinochet shortly after the fall of Allende while still a teenager. He was later expelled to the US where he rebuilt his identity and slowly, painfully started to address what had happened to him.
Archeology of Memory "follows our major protagonist to Chile and the back to the U. S. in a unique journey as he navigates a landscape of state sponsored torture, forced exile, transformation and healing. We accompany Claudio as he visits former concentration camp sites and ruins, and talks to his mother about his disappearance and incarceration for the first time in thirty years. To help tell his story, he searches for artist friends who were incarcerated with him. In these intimate conversations—with writer Nubia Becker, poet Anita Moreira and painter Guillermo Nuñez—we see these artists, and their art, as they re-tell their experiences as political prisoners and talk of how they use their art for healing." (http://www.archeologyofmemory.org/the_film_synopsis.html)
Join us for a powerful story about the triumph of art and music over torture and government betrayal.
multimedia artist and musician Quique Cruz
who was arrested, disappeared and tortured under Pinochet shortly after the fall of Allende while still a teenager. He was later expelled to the US where he rebuilt his identity and slowly, painfully started to address what had happened to him.Archeology of Memory "follows our major protagonist to Chile and the back to the U. S. in a unique journey as he navigates a landscape of state sponsored torture, forced exile, transformation and healing. We accompany Claudio as he visits former concentration camp sites and ruins, and talks to his mother about his disappearance and incarceration for the first time in thirty years. To help tell his story, he searches for artist friends who were incarcerated with him. In these intimate conversations—with writer Nubia Becker, poet Anita Moreira and painter Guillermo Nuñez—we see these artists, and their art, as they re-tell their experiences as political prisoners and talk of how they use their art for healing." (http://www.archeologyofmemory.org/the_film_synopsis.html)
Join us for a powerful story about the triumph of art and music over torture and government betrayal.
09/11/09
7 pm
$7
Centro Cultural de la Raza
2004 Park Blvd
Balboa Park
7 pm
$7
Centro Cultural de la Raza
2004 Park Blvd
Balboa Park
