Invitation 19 November: screening & discussion with filmmaker Rodrigo Polić + live music
There is growing awareness about the ecological and social crises that the Latin American region faces. To amplify these issues, Maria Gabriela Palacio Ludeña is collaborating with a National Geographic film-maker and special guest Rodrigo Polić, who produced the documentary Katalalixar in the Patagonian archipelago, travelling alone in his kayak and filming in the territory that was inhabited more than six thousand years ago by the indigenous community kawéskar, now extinct.
Students and staff are invited to join a special movie screening and round table discussion with the film maker, followed by live music and drinks: a Victor Jara special, to continue the emphasis on social justice. The event will be in English and will take place in Wijnhaven, The Hague at 17.00, find the programme below!
Click here for the trailer of the Katalalixar documentary. Please, visit this site for additional information.
If you would like to attend this screening, please register by sending a mail to María Gabriela Palacio: m.g.palacio.ludena@hum.leidenuniv.nl. In addition, it is also possible to follow the event via a live stream: https://weblectures.leidenuniv.nl/Mediasite/Play/827e3d14f6d44168b6d9d875fe6de98a1d
Programme:
17:00 welcome and introduction
17:15 documentary screening
18:15 roundtable discussion (BASIS Latin America + Interlatina)
18:45 musical intermezzo
19:30 closing + drinks!
Time and place: Friday, 19 November, 17:00 at Wijnhaven 201.
Attend Online: streaming link
If you would like to attend the event from home: there is a streaming link you can use.
About the documentary Katalalixar
A documentary that shows the solo and kayak exploration of Rodrigo Polić, through one of the few territories not inhabited by humans, the territory of the nomadic people that inhabited the fjords and channels of western Patagonia for 6,000 years: the Kawésqar (today no navigate). The objective was to collect basic information on the exploration, water samples, insects, stones, routes, optimal places to camp and build the first photographic bank in the area. However, the first exploration campaign would end up becoming a psychological process. This piece reflects how a person alone can sustain stress in the first days of exploration, the techniques to be prepared, from the most basic to the most challenging; to be able to communicate, in a thoughtful way, that in the habitat that was explored, the human is not welcome.
About the filmmaker
Filmmaker and scientific explorer Rodrigo Polić is the director of Aysén Films. Originally from Coyhaique, Rodrigo has made several solo kayak expeditions along the southern Patagonia coast. A skilled cameraman, he makes exploratory trips and documentaries for diverse governmental, academic, and private organizations. Most recently, he worked three years identifying the peatlands throughout the Aysen region. His next project is a film in the Arctic Circle about the native Sami people.
