The Center for Media, Culture and History at NYU in collaboration with CLACS and the Native Studies Forum presents two film screening and discussions of Horror in the Andes (30 min) with filmmaker Martha Cecilia-Dietric, Ulla D. Berg (Rutgers) and New York, Just Another City (18 min) with filmmakers André Lopes and Joana Brandão, Patricia Ferreira and Robert Stam (Cinema Studies)
This event is free and open to the public. ID Required at the entrance.
About the Films:
HORROR IN THE ANDES (2019, 30 min, Dir: Martha Cecilia-Dietrich)
This documentary follows three Quechua filmmakers on their journey of making a horror movie about pre-colonial pasts in Ayacucho, Peru.
Post-screening discussion: with filmmaker/anthropologist MARTHA CECILIA-DIETRICH and ULLA D. BERG (Rutgers University).
NEW YORK, JUST ANOTHER CITY (2019, 18 min, Dirs: André Lopes and Joana Brandão)
Brazilian Guarani filmmaker Patrícia Ferreira reflects on New York City and Indigenous representation in dioramas at the American Museum of Natural History.
Post-screening discussion: ROBERT STAM (Cinema Studies), PATRICIA FERREIRA and filmmakers ANDRÉ LOPES and JOANA BRANDÃO.