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Cursos de Cine Film Courses
Next film course will be for intermediate conversation level,
on Tuesdays in May (May 6, 13, 20, 27), 6:30-8:45pm.About the Course ~ About the Instructor ~ Tuition
About the Course
The objective of this course is to improve Spanish conversation skills through the discussion of four films. Students will achieve this goal by exploring and analyzing various current cultural, political, and social events in Latin America through film; conversations will be in Spanish and in a casual environment. The selection of movies presented in this course will help students improve their ability to engage in meaningful conversations in Spanish, as well as gain a broader understanding of current Latin American culture and issues. No prior knowledge of cinematography or principles of film will be required; an intermediate conversational level of Spanish is necessary. Try BASE's Self-assessments and take BASE's Written Assessment commitment free.
Day one: ¡Salud! A timely examination of human values and the health issues that affect us all, ¡Salud!looks at the curious case of Cuba,
a cash-strapped country with what the BBC calls ‘one of the world’s best health systems.’ From the shores of Africa to the Americas, !Salud!hits the road with some of the 28,000 Cuban health professionals serving in 68 countries, and explores the hearts and minds of international medical students in Cuba -- now numbering 30,000, including nearly 100 from the USA. Their stories plus testimony from experts around the world bring home the competing agendas that mark the battle for global health—and the complex realities confronting the movement to make healthcare everyone’s birth right.
Un oportuno análisis de los valores humanos y los debates en salud que nos conciernen a todos, ¡Salud!analiza el peculiar caso de Cuba, un país con pocos recursos que posee lo que la BBC llama “uno de los mejores sistemas de salud en el mundo”. Durante 40 años, las batas blancas de Cuba se han divisado en los rincones más distantes del planeta. Las cámaras de ¡Salud!invitan a acompañarlos en sus labores en La Gambia, Sudáfrica rural, la Mosquitia hondureña, los cerros de Caracas y la ribera del Orinoco venezolano, donde un cubano suele ser el primer médico visto por sus pobladores. Los voluntarios cubanos de la salud son 28 000 en 68 naciones: y 30,000 estudiantes extranjeros matriculan en las facultades de medicina de la isla, incluyendo casi 100 de los EEUU. Sus experiencias, unidas al testimonio de expertos del mundo entero, dan cuenta de las contradictorias agendas que marcan la batalla por la salud global— y las complejas realidades que confronta la lucha por hacer de la salud un derecho para todos.
Day two: Cartoneros Pachamama, the mother land of the native culture, drags herself on the floor collecting her daily requirements. Character of thrift and tolerance, the puppet is moved by the hands of a Tiritera (a puppeteer) who tells the unexpected adventures in the street theater of Buenos Aires. Pachamama, alike the ancient gleaners of the European culture, who scattered on the fields, once the harvest being over, in order to collect a source of maintenance - nowadays a new people of workers invade downtown Buenos Aires, the richest city of South America. They are the Cartoneros, that leave their districts within the neverending city periphery belt, and push and drag their supermarket trolleys. They seek in the garbage what is marketable. They divide white paper from the cardboard, collect and trade it by road marketing leader. Written by Ghioni, Carlito
El documental transcurre en ese asentamiento de Quilmes, donde 45 mil personas viven en condiciones de extrema pobreza y tienen como principal fuente de subsistencia la recolección y venta de cartón, chapa y plástico.
Y cuenta la experiencia de la Asociación de Cartoneros, entidad nacida en esa zona del Gran Buenos Aires a fines del 2001.Day three:
"Choropampa: the price of gold" A devastating mercury spill by the world's largest gold mining corporation transforms a quiet peasant village in Peru into a hotbed of civil resistance. A courageous young mayor emerges to lead his people on a quest for health care and justice.
Un devastador derrame de mercurio por parte de la corporación explotadora de oro más grande del mundo, transforma una tranquila villa de campesinos en Perú, en una hoguera de resistencia civil. Un corajudo y joven alcalde emerge para guiar a su gente en la búsqueda de mejores planes de salud y de justicia.
Day four: Special Circumstances follows Chilean exile Hector Salgado as he returns to Chile from the US, camera in hand, to seek and confront the men who
imprisoned him and who tortured and killed his friends after the Coup of 1973. Through his journey, audiences will come to understand the legal, political and social obstacles standing in the way of a nation's attempt, thirty years later, to overcome its brutal history.
A los 16 años de edad Héctor Salgado fue arrestado y torturado por la Armada de Chile durante la dictadura de Pinochet. A los 19 años Héctor se encontró sin país, viviendo exiliado en los EE.UU., en la misma nación, que con su arrasadora política exterior, había causado la tortura y muerte de miles de chilenos. Este documental lo sigue a Héctor volviendo a Chile casi 30 años después, cámara en mano, para enfrentar a los responsables y a sus antiguos carceleros, exigiéndoles, en nombre de la justicia humana, explicaciones por sus actos. Durante este proceso Circunstancias Especiales da una mirada franca y lúcida a la política de Estados Unidos en América Latina en la década de los 70 así como al legado de Pinochet, con el que Chile sigue luchando hasta el día de hoy.
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About the instructor
Jose Augusto Barriga
Boston Latino International Film Festival
Festival DirectorJose Augusto Barriga, has been with the Boston Latino International Film Festival (BLIFF) since its inception. Jose arrived to Boston from Los Angeles with the crazy idea of enjoying Boston weather. He is a social psychologist by training and specializes in Latino media in the U.S. He has worked in Los Angeles with Telemundo Network, Fox Sports Latin America, La Opinión newspaper, and Enigma Entertainment in different executive positions. He attended: la Universidad Católica de Lima, la Universidad Ricardo Palma in Lima, Santa Monica City College, the University of California, Los Angeles and the Armando Robles Godoy Filmmaking School. He now he runs Viceversa Communications, a marketing and video production company that specializes in corporate/institutional video production and the Latino market in the U.S. He founded the BLIFF six years ago as a small volunteer opportunity; it has grown to one of the biggest film festivals in New England. The BLIFF screens about 80 movies per festival with about 20 invited directors attending per edition. For more information please visit the BLIFF website.
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BASE Spanish Elective Course Tuition
Active BASE students receive a 10% discount from all Elective Course tuition.
- Film course (four classes): $162
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