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Thursday, October 8, 2015

Latin American Visions: Film, Memory, and Human Rights

A Conversation with filmmaker Sergio Schmucler about  The blue Shadow/La sombra azul (2012).


Wednesday, October 14th
1:00-2:15 p.m.
335 Nicholson Hall

Javier Rodriguez is a police officer who suffered torture during the last military dictatorship in Argentina. After his exile in Denmark, he returns to his home country to find out that some of the same police officers who tortured him are now senior officials.

This film is about the long-lasting effects of the violence of the past, and about the role that survivors of political repression have had (and still have) in the struggle against impunity.

This film is also about the difficulties of representation of the testimonial accounts of survivors.


The talk will be in Spanish and is open to the public. 

For more information contact Prof. Ana Forcinito aforcini@umn.edu 

This event is sponsored by the Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies