BRAZIL WEEK, OXFORD, MARCH 2012

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1 BRAZIL WEEK, OXFORD, MARCH am 2pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm MONDAY 5 TUESDAY 6 WEDNESDAY 7 THURSDAY 8 FRIDAY 9 SATURDAY 10 Latin American Third Cinema Conference Round Table: Brazil in the Spotlight Robin Lustig (BBC), Tim Power (Latin American Centre) Main Hall FILM Only When I Dance Shulman Auditorium, Queen s College Literature: The Brazilian Belle Époque Room 2 Lecture: The People s Palace Project (art for social justice in Brazil and the UK) Paul Heritage Room 2 FILM Kiss of the Spider Woman, Shulman Auditorium, Queen s College FILM The Knife Dorfman Centre, St. Peter s College Choir Concert Classical Brazilian Choral Music Main Hall FILM PREMIÈRE Captains of the Sands Introduced by Sérgio Sá Leitão (Riofilmes) Main Hall Latin American Third Cinema Conference Keynote speaker: María Delgado. Room 3 Keynote speaker: Michael Chanan Shulman Auditorium, Queen s College NB: ALL FILMS HAVE ENGLISH SUBTITLES. All events are free, but please register for the Film Conference at: and to sing in the choir, please register at:

PROGRAMME MONDAY 5 MARCH 5PM TAYLOR INSTITUTION (MAIN HALL) ROUND TABLE: BRAZIL IN THE SPOTLIGHT Suddenly it seems as though everybody is talking about Brazil.

2 PROGRAMME MONDAY 5 MARCH 5PM TAYLOR INSTITUTION (MAIN HALL) ROUND TABLE: BRAZIL IN THE SPOTLIGHT Suddenly it seems as though everybody is talking about Brazil. There s an economic boom, a new female President, the country s going to host the World Cup and the Olympic Games what s going on? Guest speakers Robin Lustig, who was in Brazil a year ago and presented a series of reports on Radio 4, will describe his impressions of the country and its economic situation. Tim Power, from Oxford University s Latin American Centre, will talk about the challenges facing President Dilma Roussef and a country under the spotlight. 7PM SHULMAN AUDITORIUM, QUEEN S COLLEGE FILM SHOWING: ONLY WHEN I DANCE Directed by Beadie Finzi (2009), 78 min. Also known as the Brazilian Billy Elliot, this documentary tells the extraordinary story of two teenagers, Irlan and Isabella, chasing a seemingly impossible dream: to dance their way out of the violent and dangerous outskirts of Rio to join a professional ballet company.

3 TUESDAY 6 MARCH 2PM Room 2,, St. Giles Literature of the Brazilian Belle Époque Vinícius Mariano de Carvalho (Åarhus): João do Rio - modern Flaneur in a pre-modern city Bob Oakley (Birmingham): Triste fim de Policarpo Quaresma and an Anatomy of Dictatorship Felipe Correa (Wolfson): Lima Barreto the Journalist-Writer 5PM 7PM Room 2,, St. Giles Lecture Professor Paul Heritage (QMUL) Paul Heritage will talk about the People s Palace Project which is an arts organisation established to advance the practice and understanding of art for social justice. He has collaborated with groups such as AfroReggae and developed projects within disadvantaged communities in Brazil and the UK. In 2004 he directed Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra and Measure for Measure on location in two favelas, with the opening performance taking place on a border contested by rival drug factions. Shulman Auditorium, Queen s College FILM SHOWING: KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN [O BEIJO DA MULHER ARANHA] Directed by Hector Babenco (1985), 120 min. Starring: William Hurt, Raul Julia and Sonia Braga. Luis Molina and Valentin Arregui are cell mates. Molina has been imprisoned for immoral behaviour and Valentin is a political prisoner. To escape reality and help pass the time, Molina narrates the plots of romantic movies with glamorous female stars, like the Spider Woman. Their relationship, at first antagonistic, grows as they find they have more in common than they thought. Adapted from the novel by Manuel Puig, the story has also been made into a play and a Broadway musical.

WEDNESDAY 7 MARCH 7PM Dorfman Centre, St Peter s College FILM SHOWING: THE KNIFE [A GRANDE ARTE] Directed by Walter Salles (1991), 96 min. Starring: Peter Coyote, Tchéky Karyo and Amanda Pays.

4 WEDNESDAY 7 MARCH 7PM Dorfman Centre, St Peter s College FILM SHOWING: THE KNIFE [A GRANDE ARTE] Directed by Walter Salles (1991), 96 min. Starring: Peter Coyote, Tchéky Karyo and Amanda Pays. Walter Salles first feature film is an adaptation of Rubem Fonseca s thriller A Grande Arte. An American photographer in Rio de Janeiro becomes involved in the world of "knife culture" when he sets out to find the killer of one of his models. THURSDAY 8 MARCH 5PM MAIN HALL, TAYLOR INSTITUTION, ST. GILES A CHORAL CONCERT OF BRAZILIAN MUSIC CONDUCTED BY VINÍCIUS MARIANO DE CARVALHO Students from Åarhus and Oxford will sing Brazilian classical choral music. Anyone interested in joining the choir, register your interest here: 6PM FILM PREMIÈRE: CAPITÃES DE AREIA [CAPTAINS OF THE SANDS] Directed by Cecília Amado and Guy Gonçalves (2011), 96 min Starring: Jean Luis Amorim, Ana Graciela and Roberio Lima. Music by Carlinhos Brown. Based on the well-loved novel by Jorge Amado and directed by his granddaughter, this film tells the story of the lives of a group of street kids living by their wits to stay alive, in 1950s Salvador de Bahia.

The film will be introduced by our special guest Sérgio Sá Leitão, director of Riofilmes, the major production and distribution company in Rio de

GILES CONFERENCE: LATIN AMERICAN THIRD CINEMA AND ITS LEGACIES A two-day colloquium at the University of Oxford organised by María Donapetry,

5 The film will be introduced by our special guest Sérgio Sá Leitão, director of Riofilmes, the major production and distribution company in Rio de Janeiro. FRIDAY 9 MARCH 2PM 7PM ROOM 3, TAYLOR INSTITUTION, ST. GILES CONFERENCE: LATIN AMERICAN THIRD CINEMA AND ITS LEGACIES A two-day colloquium at the University of Oxford organised by María Donapetry, Claire Williams and Roberta Gregoli Keynote speakers include María Delgado (QMUL) and Michael Chanan (Roehampton). All welcome, but please register via:

6 The organisers are grateful to the Sub-Faculties of Portuguese and Spanish, University of Oxford, the Ministério de Relações Estrangeiras, Brazilian Government, The Embassy of Brazil in the UK, Tabocca Produções Artísticas

BRAZIL WEEK, OXFORD, MARCH 2012

BRAZIL WEEK, OXFORD, MARCH 2012 9.30am 2pm 4pm 5pm MONDAY 5 TUESDAY 6 WEDNESDAY 7 THURSDAY 8 FRIDAY 9 SATURDAY 10 Latin American Third Cinema Conference Round Table: Brazil in the Spotlight Robin Lustig