SUNDAY, JANUARY 31st – FILM SCREENINGS
McGILL UNIVERSITY
11:00 - 17:30
Samuel Bronfman Building
1001 Sherbrooke Street West, room 151
Métro McGill
Map
Reinhabiting the Past
11:00
The Shield is My Brother
Mark Eby, USA, 2009, Papu with Eng. subt., 28 min
In the highlands of Papua New Guinea, new generations have lost arts and skills mastered by their elders. Encouraged by the filmmaker, a group of young men set out to learn the art of shield making, guided by an elder. Through conversations with and between these young men as they shape the wood, we come to understand their history of art and war and the ties that bond them to each other.
11:28
Umiaq Skin Boat
Jobie Weetaluktuk, Canada, Inuktitut with Eng. subt., 2008, 32 min
Beautiful and poetic, a group of Inuit elders in Inukjuak, Quebec decide one summer to build the first traditional seal skin boat their community has seen in over 50 years. Over the course of working together on the boat, the elders recount astonishing stories of survival while navigating Arctic waters. Shot against the magnificent backdrop of the northern landscape, it bears witness to the resilience of the Inuit spirit in changing times.
http://www.der.org/films/umiaq-skin-boat.html
12:00
Short discussion followed by lunch break.
A Whole New World: Remaking Gender
12:45
Transitando
Jonckers/Frantischek/Gandini/Garreta, Spain, 2009, Spanish with Eng. subt., 47 min
This documentary explores the issue of transsexualism in Barcelona. Transvestite, transsexual, transformist, the film differentiates the terms and attempts to throw some light on the sex/gender issue. We follow different protagonists in their daily lives, hear about their experiences, get a glimpse of their struggles.
13:32
Discussion and break
Winning Women
14:30
Cholita Libre: If you don't fight, you've already lost - PREVIEW
R. Holtz/ J. Richter, Germany, 2009, Spanish with Eng. subt., 70 min
What they want, they get. They can lose but that just means, that they'll keep fighting. With their colourful, glittering skirts, they are Cholitas and they are wrestlers. They fight on the stage to show us that this world can change. Lucha Libre (Free Wrestling) is a mix of sport, theatre, and choreography. We get to know Rosita the Heartbreaker, Carmen Rosa the Champion, Yolanda the Passionate and Claudina the Condemned.
15:40
Ella es el Matador (She is the Matador)
G. Cubero / C. Carrasco, US/Spain, 2009, Spanish with Eng. subt., 62 min
A character-driven film that illuminates the attraction of two female protagonists to bullfighting while highlighting the mystique and the contradictions of this ancestral tradition. The film follows the stories of Eva Florencia, a novice bullfighter from Italy and Maripaz Vega, the only active professional female matador in the world.
http://www.pbs.org/pov/matador/
http://www.talcualfilms.com/estudio/
16:45
Short discussion and conclusion