Cinema & Politics: Machuca at 20 with Roberto Brodsky
SVA Honors Program New York, NY
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Cinema & Politics: Machuca at 20 with Roberto Brodsky
In honor of its 20th anniversary, a screening of the internationally acclaimed fiction film Machuca (2004) that takes place in a boarding school during the 1973 overthrow of Salvador Allendes presidency and the uprising of fascism and Pinochets regime in Chile, followed by a Q&A with Chilean writer and one of Machucas screenwriters, Roberto Brodsky.
Roberto Brodsky Baudet (born 1957, Santiago, Chile) is a Chilean novelist and screenwriter. He has written four novels, several film and theater scripts, and over 250 articles published in national newspapers and magazines. Baudet was awarded the 2007 Jaén Prize for Best Novel and the 2009 Martin Nuez Award, both for his 2008 novel Bosque Quemado (Burnt Forest). He lives in New York City with his wife and family. He is adjunct professor at the Center for Latin American Studies in Georgetown University and at the School of Visual Arts (SVA).
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SVA Honors Program (View)
133 W 21st St., #101c
New York, NY 10011
United States