Film:
The Death of Pinochet | La muerte de Pinochet
Showtimes:
Wednesday Oct 03 01:00 PM
Wednesday Oct 03 07:30 PM
Location:
Doris Duke Theatre
About the Film:
Directed by Iván Osnovikoff, Bettina Perut. Chile, 2011, 75 mins Spanish with English subtitles.
This tragic, comic portrait of Chilean society explores reactions to General Pinochet’s death on December 10, 2006. Using original footage and the testimonies of four people who lived through that day, the film relates the end of a key chapter in Chile’s history. Official Selection: BAFICI, Buenos Aires Film Festival.
Joy Logan will lead a Q+A session after the 7:30pm screening.
Joy Logan is a member of the Division of Spanish and Latin American and Iberian Studies at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. Her research and publications have focused on national identity construction, redemocratization, and cultural expression in the Southern Cone. Most recently, her interest in tourism studies has taken her to western Argentina where she has conducted field research on adventure and high-altitude mountaineering. She is the author of Aconcagua: The Invention of Mountaineering on America’s Highest Peak (University of Arizona Press: 2011).
