December for Secretos, Prison for Alvarez
Hello everybody,
well once again I take my pen (well, my keyboard instead) to give you some update concerning the fabulous adventures of Secretos de Lucha.
It is fabulous indeed, fabulous to know that just 2 days after the first screening of my film in Uruguay, within the first edition of Atlantida's documentary film festival, Atlantidoc, this fantastic news fell on my desk: the general Gregorio Alvarez, who was the chief in command of the army from 1978 until 1979, then in 1981 became the first military dictator of the Uruguay (Bordaberry was a civilian, and stayed as a president from 72 and then as a dictator from 73 only until 76), the general Gregorio Alvarez as I was saying, is now in jail, charged with the crimes of disapearing at least 20 uruguayan civilians during his period in command.
On Monday December 17th 2007, one year and one month after his colleague Bordaberry entered the prison, General Alvarez entered Piedras Blancas' special jail where he'll stay until the end of the trial, and then of his sentence. This is just another step towards justice. The "amnesty" Law (ley de caducidad de la pretension punitiva del estado) still exists, but now even the united congress of the ruling party, Frente Amplio, voted against it, and supports the campaign gathering signatures to obtain a referendum that would cancel this illegal law. Monday was a great day in Uruguayan's history.
And Friday was a great day for me, as the Uruguayan part of my family reunited in Atlantida went to support and represent me during the screening. For the moment, just one more screening is scheduled in Uruguay: in March, during the festival of Cinemateca, in Montevideo. In this occasion, I intend to be there to see myself the reactions of the audience.
Between now and then, put those dates in your schedule, if you want to see the movie:
January 10th, Paris, Cinema Le Latina, 18h (schools and universities) and 20h (open for everyone)
January 18th Saint Jean Pied de Port, cinema Le Vauban
January 22th to 27th FIPA, Biarritz.
February 7th, Avignon, Cinema Utopia, 20h30
cheers to you all
Maiana
"Hasta la victoria siempre"
well once again I take my pen (well, my keyboard instead) to give you some update concerning the fabulous adventures of Secretos de Lucha.
It is fabulous indeed, fabulous to know that just 2 days after the first screening of my film in Uruguay, within the first edition of Atlantida's documentary film festival, Atlantidoc, this fantastic news fell on my desk: the general Gregorio Alvarez, who was the chief in command of the army from 1978 until 1979, then in 1981 became the first military dictator of the Uruguay (Bordaberry was a civilian, and stayed as a president from 72 and then as a dictator from 73 only until 76), the general Gregorio Alvarez as I was saying, is now in jail, charged with the crimes of disapearing at least 20 uruguayan civilians during his period in command.
On Monday December 17th 2007, one year and one month after his colleague Bordaberry entered the prison, General Alvarez entered Piedras Blancas' special jail where he'll stay until the end of the trial, and then of his sentence. This is just another step towards justice. The "amnesty" Law (ley de caducidad de la pretension punitiva del estado) still exists, but now even the united congress of the ruling party, Frente Amplio, voted against it, and supports the campaign gathering signatures to obtain a referendum that would cancel this illegal law. Monday was a great day in Uruguayan's history.
And Friday was a great day for me, as the Uruguayan part of my family reunited in Atlantida went to support and represent me during the screening. For the moment, just one more screening is scheduled in Uruguay: in March, during the festival of Cinemateca, in Montevideo. In this occasion, I intend to be there to see myself the reactions of the audience.
Between now and then, put those dates in your schedule, if you want to see the movie:
January 10th, Paris, Cinema Le Latina, 18h (schools and universities) and 20h (open for everyone)
January 18th Saint Jean Pied de Port, cinema Le Vauban
January 22th to 27th FIPA, Biarritz.
February 7th, Avignon, Cinema Utopia, 20h30
cheers to you all
Maiana
"Hasta la victoria siempre"
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