Talk
Activist Photography in Chile: Protest, Media and Oppression
22 Sep 2023
Four Corners
London, United Kingdom
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End to Exile, unknown artist and date, courtesy of Ana Maria Pelusa
Screening
Crafting Resistance: The Art of Chilean Political Prisoners screening + Q&A
21 Sep 2023
Regular hours
- Thu, 21 Sep
- 18:30 – 20:00
Cost of entry
Pay what you can: £0–6
Address
- 121 Roman Road
- London
- E2 0QN
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- Buses: D6, 8,
- Tube: Bethnal Green
- Train: Bethnal Green
Event map
Join us for a film screening of Crafting Resistance, and a discussion of art as protest in Chile
About
Film screening of Crafting Resistance, with a discussion led by the film director and producer
Crafting Resistance: The Art of Chilean Political Prisoners explores how traditional patchwork arpilleras, made by women political prisoners during their internment in the 1970s under General Pinochet's dictatorship, were a form of resistance to the regime.
The film engages with important issues around forced migration, well-being and resistance, showing how even in the most extreme circumstances it is sometimes possible to exert a degree of agency and demonstrate resistance. Given the longevity of the Chilean experience, the film illustrates how people live with the aftermath of torture and incarceration.
The film is directed by Carmen Luz Parot and ex-political prisoner, Gloria Miqueles and produced by Jasmine Gideon, Senior Lecturer in Development Studies at Birkbeck. The film was edited by Bea Moyes at the Derek Jarman Lab.
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