Alborada Films bring a double-bill of documentary films that explore the relationship between culture and politics. Both screenings will be followed by in-person Q&As. The evening will feature live music from Chilean singer/songwriter Francisco Carrasco, creative director of Luma Creations), who will perform a set of songs inspired by his journey as a child exile and cultural activist. He will be accompanied by Chilean musician Esteban Perez. Chilean empanadas (meat and vegetarian) will be on sale from 5.30pm to 9.30pm.

**Every online order for tickets will receive a free permanent Vimeo on Demand stream link for the 2020 Alborada Films documentary No Extradition (worth £6)**

Session 1: Doors: 5.30pm/ Start: 6.15pm / finish 7.15pm

Fragments of a Dream

(Directed by Teilo Vellacott & Pablo Navarrete, 25 minutes, Alborada Films/Actual Fact, 2023)

The Welsh town of Machynlleth hosts El Sueño Existe (The Dream Lives On), a festival of politics and culture dedicated to the memory of Chilean singer Victor Jara.

Post-screening Q&A with co-director Pablo Navarrete and Francisco Carrasco, chaired by Peter Watt, host of the Alborada podcast The Americas Uncovered.

**The above film will be preceded by an 8 minute video made by Angela Martin (Sheffield Palestine Solidarity Campaign). Angela will introduce the video.**

Session 2: Doors: 7.30pm / Start: 7.35pm / finish 9pm

The People’s Train of Culture (El Tren Popular de la Cultura)

(Directed by Carolina Espinoza Cartes, 60 minutes, 2015) In Spanish with English subtitles

After the scrreening Maria Vásquez Aguilar will chair a short Q&A with her father Dr Sergio Vasquez, former political prisoner under Pinochet’s regime. Sergio continued his political activism once exiled to the UK. Maria is a PhD candidate at the University of Sheffield, a child exile from Chile and co-founder of Chile Solidarity Network and Chile 50 Years UK.

MONDAY 19 FEBRUARY, THEATRE DELI, SHEFFIELD

Address: Cuthbert House, Arley St, Highfield, Sheffield S2 4QP

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We will have a playlist of Latin America music playing in the bar before, in between and after the films.

We will also have an Alborada stall with our t-shirts, mugs, prints and hoodies as well as DVDs and books. You can visit our online shop here. As well as the Alborada stall, Sheffield Palestine Solidarity Campaign and Cuba Solidarity (Sheffield) will also have stalls.

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The is first time both Fragments of a Dream and The People’s Train of Culture (El Tren Popular de la Cultura) are shown in Sheffield. 

Both screenings feature in-person Q&As.

::: Fragments of a Dream journeys to the festival to spend time with the artists, activists and speakers, such as Jeremy Corbyn, who have taken inspiration from a faraway place and come together to celebrate their quest for a better world for all peoples and animals. The roots of their inspiration come from Victor Jara, a visionary musician and theatre director who was part of the New Song movement in Salvador Allende’s Chile. Jara was murdered by the Pinochet dictatorship that violently overthrew Allende in a September 1973 coup.

::: Introduced by the government of Salvador Allende, president of Chile from 1970 to 1973, the People’s Train of Culture initiative aimed to bring culture closer to those who had no access to it. The initiative wanted to create a National Institute of Arts and Culture and colleges of art in all the country’s provinces. The film looks to establish links with aspects of the educational and cultural initiatives of Spain’s Second Republic, such as the Pedagogic Missions, the Theatre of the People and the Theatre of La Barraca.

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