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OPUS DEI : A Silent Crusade
a film by Marcela Said -- in person, presenting her film!
* A wine reception will follow the screening and Q & A
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Wednesday May 17 - 7:00 pm
Filmmaker Marcela Said presents the U.S. premiere of her groundbreaking work OPUS DEI: A SILENT CRUSADE (Marcela Said & Jean de Certeau, Chile/France, 2005, 52 min.). Appropriately coinciding with phenomenal international curiosity with The Da Vinci Code, this documentary is a journey into the heart of one of the most secretive groups of the Catholic church. Through meetings with Chilean Opus Dei members in their homes, schools, and churches (including ex-presidential candidate JOAQUÍN LAVÍN), the film penetrates and reveals bit by bit this world unknown to most of us.
And Thursday, May 18th - 6:15 pm: PINOCHET'S CHILDREN, a film by Paula Rodríguez
"PINOCHET’S CHILDREN"
Alejandro Goic was sixteen, Enrique Paris, twelve, and Carolina Tohá, eight years old, when General Pinochet seized power in Chile on September 11, 1973. During the coup Alejandro and Carolina lost their fathers, and all three lost their innocence and their youth. And eventually all went on to become powerful student leaders in the tumultuous eighties. With thoughtful, emotional interviews and rich archival footage, PINOCHET'S CHILDREN (Paula Rodgríguez, Chile, 2002, 83 min.) is a remarkable film that beautifully renders three people's course of life against the background of the socio-political developments in their homeland. More info
...And later, at 8:00 pm - "I LOVE PINOCHET", with filmmaker MARCELA SAID
Marcela Said joins NMWA for a second evening of her investigative work with the remarkable and profound 2001 documentary I LOVE PINOCHET (Chile, 2002, 52 min.), which presents a little discussed minority of Chileans who supported dictator Augusto Pinochet and his return to power. Constructed of a series of portraits that reveal the breadth and complexity of Pinochetism in Chile, I LOVE PINOCHET offers a unique look at the social and political legacy of Augusto Pinochet, as seen from his follower's point of view. More info
General admission $5; visitors 60 and over, NMWA members, and students $4.
Call 202-783-7370 or reservations@nmwa.org
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