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Ironland
April 22 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm UTC-5
| Director | Country | Year | Genre | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucas Bambozzi | Brazil | 2021 | Documentary | 1hr 39m |
Synopsis in English
Lucas Bambozzi’s hybrid film follows Brazilian geographer Camila who, after decades in the United States, returns to her native state of Minas Gerais just as a dam bursts and floods several villages with highly toxic water. She embarks on a journey across the state to document how mining has shaped its history. She speaks to miners, activists and victims of the disaster. “Ironland” combines fact and fiction to present the devastation corporate greed has caused on the country’s environment and its people.
Director Lucas Bambozzi is scheduled to attend this screening.
Sinopse em Portuguese
Bia ficou vinte anos em coma, após o nascimento de sua filha. Durante todo esse tempo ela tem sido uma presença fixa, mas silenciosa, na sua família até que um dia ela finalmente acorda. Agora, Bia não só precisa de reaprender a falar e a andar; ela tem que fazer isso numa casa onde o seu agora ex-marido é casado com outra mulher e sua filha tem que aprender a se relacionar com uma mãe que não conhece. Este filme comovente mostra como nos readaptamos a novas circunstâncias e superamos os desafios que elas trazem.
El director Lucas Bambozzi estará presente en esta proyección.
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Short Film • Sad Machines (Las Máquinas Tristes)
| Director | Country | Year | Genre | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paola Michaels | Argentina | 2021 | Hybrid Documentary Short | 9m |
Synopsis in English
Robots and machines have become sentient. They complain while talking about their own existence. They question who they are and what they’re doing, doubting whether they belong in the environment they inhabit. Choices and skills become interrogated, destiny and chance. The ontology of machines. The machines are sad.
Sinopsis en Español
Los robots y las máquinas se vuelven inteligentes. Se quejan mientras hablan de su propia existencia. Cuestionan quiénes son y qué están haciendo, dudando si pertenecen al entorno en el que habitan. Las decisiones y habilidades se interrogan, el destino y el azar. La ontología de las máquinas. Las máquinas están tristes.