To mark the 25th anniversary (19.7.1979) of the Sandinista revolution
against the US-backed Somoza dictatorship in Nicaragua, The Other Cinema
and Vertigo magazine are proud to present a unique screening that both
celebrates and analyses one of the defining popular uprisings of the
twentieth century. In five parts, 'Voyages', 'The Making of a Nation',
'In Their Time', 'Changes' and 'Scenes from a Revolution', the late
film-maker and co-founder of Vertigo examines all aspects of the new
revolutionary society, renowned for its often visionary re-imagining of
mass participation. Moving from the famous insurrectionary photographs
of Susan Meiselas, local reclamation of popular history and the running
of daily newspaper Barricada on to rural social reconstruction and
finally to the 1989 election that saw the Sandinistas yield power,
Karlin's film is both committed and complex, empathetic and exploratory.
Alongside Peter Watkins' 'The Commune', it is one of the greatest film
essays in how to make a revolution while, in its subtle appreciation of
radical Latin American realities, it stands comparison with 'The Battle
of Chile' and 'Hour of the Furnaces'.

Speakers, including Marc Karlin's widow, Dr Hermione Harris, Dinah Washington - Poet and Publisher and
representatives from the Nicaraguan Solidarity Movement, will
contextualise the film and events portrayed.


The Other Cinema,11 Rupert St, Soho, London, W1D 7PR, Sunday 18 July 2004.
11am - 7pm
£8 admission. Bookings: 020 7734 1506 / online: www.picturehouses.co.uk (booking advised)