Event: “Documenta Chile” @ NYU tonight!

The latest installment of the “Documenta Chile” series on documentaries will be tonight at New York University. According to the series’ program, tonight’s double feature is the following:

• “MÄ PACHA UTJIANA” – In the interior villages of Quebrada de Tarapaca, the people believe that the voices of their ancestors speak through the rituals, customs, myths and legends of their culture. They believe that these traditions must be respected because they hold the key to maintaining the balance and the harmony between the worlds: the natural world (aka pacha), the spirit world (alex pacha), and our world (manqha pacha). This documentary presents three legends; The Damned – the story of a man who continues living after death; Los Gentiles – the story of the small people who inhabited the earth during a time when the sun did not exist; Tatasavaya – the story of the great hill that both gives life and takes it away. Through these stories and through the rituals of the Feast of Usmagama, the viewer visits the magic universe that surrounds the villages of Tarapaca in a time-defying journey through this rich heritage, still living and running strong like a river.
• “TRAGO DULCE/TRAGO AMARGO”- In a small port city in the Atacama Desert, an alcoholic ex-boxer fights his last fight, this time against himself. The man’s life on the docks and in the village leaves no doubt of the tremendous struggle unraveling deep inside him, caught between the senseless nature of his present life and the extraordinary force it takes not to let go completely.

“Documenta Chile” will also air films on April 10^th and April 24^th. (My apologies for not mentioning about the film series sooner).

What – “Documenta Chile” film series

When – TONIGHT at 7:15pm

Where – King Juan Carlos Center, 53 Washington Square South (Manhattan), First Floor Auditorium

Price – Free!!!

Information- Telephone # 212 998 3650 or via their website @ www.nyu.edu/kjc

Note – Question-and-answer session with the director of “Ma Pacha Utijana” after the screening!

Links- New York University King Juan Carlos Center, IMDB

Image- New York University King Juan Carlos Center (scene from “Ma Pacha Utijana”)