afrocolombia NY and the colombian studies group (CUNY grad center) presents A night of solidarity and music Featuring a documentary and conversation with two afrocolombiana leaders francia marquez and clemencia carabali & performances by gregorio uribe + diego obregon (grupo chonta) monday, january 16 6:30 p.m. terraza 7 cafe 4019 Gleane Street, Queens (Elmhurst), NY… Continue reading A night of Solidarity and Music at Terraza 7 Cafe
Category: Colombian Film Festival
“Ciudad Bolívar: Mosaico de una realidad” FILM SCREENING Followed by a discussion with filmmaker David García.
“The World Bank estimates that Bogota has “over 1400 informal settlements occupying 24% of its area and housing 22% of its population.” The development of informal settlements in the periphery of Bogota directly results from the influx of rural immigrants. Many Colombian come to the city to escape rural violence. Too poor to afford housing… Continue reading “Ciudad Bolívar: Mosaico de una realidad” FILM SCREENING Followed by a discussion with filmmaker David García.
“LA TOMA” SHORT FILM SCREENING Followed by a discussion with filmmaker Paola Mendoza
Friday, October 14, 2011. 7:00pm. Room 5409 The CUNY Graduate Center 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY. SUBWAY: trains B,D,F,M,N,Q or R to 34th Street – Herald Square Light refreshments will be served. La Toma documents the struggle of an Afro-Colombian gold-mining community in southwestern Colombia to remain on its territory. Home to 1,052 families,… Continue reading “LA TOMA” SHORT FILM SCREENING Followed by a discussion with filmmaker Paola Mendoza
“Hasta la última piedra” Movie Screening
May 9. 7:00pm. Room 5414 The CUNY Graduate Center 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY. SUBWAY: trains B,D,F,M,N,Q or R to 34th Street – Herald Square Light refreshements will be served. Until the final stone In the region of Uraba in Columbia, the national army, paramilitary groups and guerrillas of the organisation FARC have been… Continue reading “Hasta la última piedra” Movie Screening
