Mother, Country + Live Q&A (Liverpool, UK)
Fri 8 Nov 2024 18:00 - 22:00
The Casa, L1 9BP
Description
Alborada Films is association with Luma Creations presents
Mother, Country (Documentary)
Directed by Pablo Navarrete (Film duration 91 minutes. English/Spanish with English subtitles)
@The Casa, 29 Hope St, Liverpool L1 9BP
Friday 8 November, 5.30pm-10pm
Doors open at 5.30pm. The film starts at 6.30pm as will be followed by a live Q&A with the film's director Pablo Navarrete.
The Q&A runs from 8pm to 8.45pm and will be chaired by Francisco Carrasco (Luma Creations). There will be live music after the Q&A from Grupo Luma and guests. Chilean food (empanadas) will be available on the night.
Facebook event page // Listing on the Alborada Films website
FILM SYNOPSIS
[EN]
Pablo Navarrete's parents were forced to leave Chile after a military coup on 11 September 1973. They arrived in the UK as political refugees after spending time in the Pinochet dictatorship’s torture centres. They didn’t know it then, but Britain would be where they would settle, have a family, and still live, nearly 50 years later. Filmed over more than three years, Mother, Country is a deeply personal film that follows the director as he travels to Chile with his parents in 2020 to witness a people’s uprising and finally confront their past.
[ES]
Los padres de Pablo Navarrete tuvieron que abandonar Chile después de un golpe militar el 11 de septiembre de 1973. Llegaron al Reino Unido como refugiados políticos después de pasar por los centros de tortura de la dictadura de Pinochet. No lo sabían entonces, pero Gran Bretaña sería el lugar donde se establecerían, tendrían una familia y seguirían viviendo, casi 50 años después. Filmada durante más de tres años, ‘Mother, Country’ (El país de mi madre) es una película profundamente personal que acompaña al director mientras viaja a Chile con sus padres en 2020, para presenciar el levantamiento de un pueblo y finalmente confrontar su pasado.
> Watch a teaser for the film here.
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Film produced Alborada Films in association with Bethnal Films
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More info: info[at]alboradafilms[dot]net
**Read a short article about the film written by Pablo here; click here to read a review of the documentary on the film website DMovies.
Location
The Casa, L1 9BP