Imagining Argentina: Film and Discussion
Sheffer | 08.03.2005 19:44 | Sheffield
a film set in the 1970'2 dirty war in argentina
Followed by discussion led by a former prisoner of the Argentina Junta and co founder of the Medical Foundation
Followed by discussion led by a former prisoner of the Argentina Junta and co founder of the Medical Foundation
Thuis should be a must....
Special film Showing and Discussion
IMAGINING ARGENTINA (15)
Spain/UK/USA Dir. Christopher Hampton 1hr 47mins
The Showroom, Paternoster Row Sheffield
Thursday 10th March 6.30pm
Refreshments available
Presented by Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture
and the Showroom Cinema
A special screening in collaboration with the The Medical Foundation, a registered charity that provides medical treatment, practical assistance, counselling and psychotherapy to survivors of torture and organised violence.
|The film follows Carlos Rueda a director of a children's theatre in Buenos Aires, a city haunted by the ongoing disappearance of individuals who dare to take a stand against the dictatorship government. He returns one day to find his home empty; his wife, Cecelia, a journalist, has been taken away for writing a controversial article in local paper 'La Opinion'. Somehow, he has no idea how, he can see into the past and the future. People flock to him for news of those disappeared. But no matter how hard he tries, he cannot see where Cecelia is, though he can sense where she has been. He tracks her, but wherever he goes, he is always one step behind.
Followed by discussion led by a former prisoner of the Argentina Junta and co founder of the Medical Foundation
Founded in 1985, the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture provides care and rehabilitation to survivors of torture and other forms of organised violence.
Special film Showing and Discussion
IMAGINING ARGENTINA (15)
Spain/UK/USA Dir. Christopher Hampton 1hr 47mins
The Showroom, Paternoster Row Sheffield
Thursday 10th March 6.30pm
Refreshments available
Presented by Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture
and the Showroom Cinema
A special screening in collaboration with the The Medical Foundation, a registered charity that provides medical treatment, practical assistance, counselling and psychotherapy to survivors of torture and organised violence.
|The film follows Carlos Rueda a director of a children's theatre in Buenos Aires, a city haunted by the ongoing disappearance of individuals who dare to take a stand against the dictatorship government. He returns one day to find his home empty; his wife, Cecelia, a journalist, has been taken away for writing a controversial article in local paper 'La Opinion'. Somehow, he has no idea how, he can see into the past and the future. People flock to him for news of those disappeared. But no matter how hard he tries, he cannot see where Cecelia is, though he can sense where she has been. He tracks her, but wherever he goes, he is always one step behind.
Followed by discussion led by a former prisoner of the Argentina Junta and co founder of the Medical Foundation
Founded in 1985, the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture provides care and rehabilitation to survivors of torture and other forms of organised violence.
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Medact
08.03.2005 20:36
"Medact was formed by a merger of two older organisations in 1992. The first, the Medical Association for the Prevention of War, was founded by Sir Richard Doll, Horace Joules, Lionel Penrose and others in 1951 during the Korean War as a medical lobby for peace. The second, the Medical Campaign Against Nuclear Weapons, was founded in 1980 and was instrumental in undermining the idea that nuclear war was "survivable". Medact's work on war and weapons continues today, and is now complemented by action on the health impacts of poverty and environmental change.
Since 1992, Medact has taken a lead in highlighting the health aspects of many of today's global health issues, including landmines, Third World debt, climate change and refugees."
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