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Cuba in Nottingham

A short note on the Cuba Research Forum conference which has just taken place at Nottingham, which suggests that international research on Cuba is in good health. Under the as-ever cheerful helm of Tony Kapcia, we heard from speakers of various nationalities, either based in the UK or abroad, and several Cubans, ditto, including, from Havana, the redoubtable Fernando Martínez Heredia, who spoke about the diverse origins of Cuban socialism. We also enjoyed a special lecture delivered with great verve by the distinguished Cuban-American historian, Louis Pérez, outlining his current work on the nineteenth century Cuban middle class and the figure of the coquette, a suggestive rethinking of cultural history. As always the forum was multidisciplinary and covered an impressively wide range of topics: Read more

Retrospective in Mexico

The Seminario Universitario de Análisis Cinematográfico and
La Filmoteca de UNAM 
are holding a retrospective of films by Michael Chanan

Retrospectiva Mexico

25-28 September 2014, Sala Carlos Monsiváis

25          MEMORIA INTERRUMPIDA/ INTERRUPTED MEMORY
               Dir. Michael Chanan /Reino Unido/2013/116 min.
Función: jueves 25/ 16:00 hrs.

              CIUDAD SECRETA / SECRET CITY
               Dir. Michael Chanan /Reino Unido/2012/ 72 min.
Función: jueves 25/ 18:30 hrs.

26        DETROIT, RUINA DE UNA CIUDAD/ DETROIT, RUIN OF A CITY
               Dirs. George Steinmetz y Michael Chanan / E.U.A. y Reino Unido/2005/ 95 min.
              Función: viernes 26/ 16:00 hrs.

MESA REDONDA
EL CINE DE MICHAEL CHANAN
David Wood (Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas)
Ana Daniela Nahmad (Seminario Universitario de Análisis Cinematográfico)
Iván Pinto (Universidad de Chile)
Michael Chanan (Roehampton University)
Moderador: Javier Ramírez (Seminario Universitario de Análisis Cinematográfico)
              Horario: viernes 26/ 18:00 hrs.

27          EL AMERICANO QUE ELECTRIFICÓ RUSIA /
              THE AMERICAN WHO ELECTRIFIED RUSSIA
               Dir. Michael Chanan / Reino Unido/1992 2009/ 105 min 95 min.
              Función: sábado 27/ 18:00 hrs.

28         RAÍCES DEL TERCER CINE /ROOTS OF THIRD CINEMA
               Dir. Michael Chanan / Reino Unido/1983/ 28 min.
              RETRATO DE BIRRI
               Dir. Michael Chanan / Reino Unido/2013/ 30 min.
              TRES CORTAS PELÍCULAS ACERCA DE CHILE /
              THREE SHORT FILMS ABOUT CHILE
               Dir. Michael Chanan / Reino Unido – Chile / 2011 / 34 min.
              Función: domingo 28/ 16:30 hrs.

Michael will also give a keynote lecture at

IV COLOQUIO UNIVERSITARIO
DE ANÁLISIS CINEMATOGRÁFICO
1 al 3 de octubre de 2014
Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Ciudad Universitaria, México.
under the title
“Del cine militante al video activismo: Re-enfoque del documental político”