Clásicos Latinoamericanos: Wara Wara

Thursday, 19 December

Clásicos Latinoamericanos: Wara Wara

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José María Velasco Maidana | 1930 | Bolivia | 69’ | EN subs

This story of a frustrated love between an Aymara princess and a Spanish conquistador has been described as the Intolerance (D.W. Griffith, 1916) of Latin America by well-renowned historian of Bolivian cinema, Alfonso Gumucio Dagron. Its production demanded enormous efforts for the construction of elaborate sets and costumes, while the technology with which it was produced was simple: a camera and a Moviola. Lost for five decades, Wara Wara returns to our time to open up discussions on colonialism, gender, and the representation of the non-criollo in Latin American society.

Clásicos Latinoamericanos is a long-term program that explores Latin American cinema reflecting on the continent and its history, including its relationship with The Netherlands. We invite special guests to reflect, together with the audience, on both the cultural complexity and persistent conflicts of the continent.

 

Date & Time: 

Thursday, 19 December, 2019 - 20:30

Category: 

  • film

Price: 

5,- (Cineville card valid)
Filmhuis Cavia
Van Hallstraat 52-1
1051 HH Amsterdam
Netherlands

Directions: 

Go through the gate. Cavia is on the right hand side, above Xena Sports. Take the stairs.

Squat: 

Former squat, now legalised

Filmhuis Cavia is a counterculture cinema, (legally) founded by a squatters movement in 1983, which programs films you aren't likely to see anywhere else.

categories: 

  • film

opening times: 

We're open a couple of days in the week. Look us up to find our monthly program.
Doors always open half an hour before the film starts.