Mariano Mestman "Del Congreso Cultural de La Habana a los Estados Generales del Tercer Cine"
Channel: Rethinking Conceptualism
Date: 2021-02-28

Mariano Mestman "Latinoamericanismo/Tercermundismo (1968-1974): Del Congreso Cultural de La Habana a los Estados Generales del Tercer Cine" 

(Latin Americanism/Third Worldism (1968-1974): From the Havana Cultural Congress to the General Estates of Third Cinema)

Español:
La ponencia propone revisar la presencia del "latinoamericanismo" y el "tercermundismo" (en su dimensión identitaria y programática) en un período de configuración del llamado Tercer cine en América Latina, entre el Congreso Cultural de La Habana (enero 1968) y los Rencontres Internationales pour un Nouveau Cinema (Montreal, 1974), donde surgirá la propuesta de los "Estados Generales del Tercer Cine". La ponencia se centra en el segundo de estos eventos, seguramente el más grande del cine político mundial de los sesenta y setenta, donde confluyeron cineastas de América Latina, África, Europa y Norteamérica. La intención es dar a conocer un archivo audiovisual recuperado hace un par de años, que contiene intensos debates sobre el cine político y el Tercer cine. 

English:
The paper proposes to review the presence of "Latin Americanism" and "Third Worldism" (in its identity and programmatic dimension) in a period of configuration of the so-called Third Cinema in Latin America, between the Havana Cultural Congress (January 1968) and the Rencontres Internationales pour un Nouveau Cinema (Montreal, 1974), in which the proposal of the "States General of the Third Cinema" will emerge. The lecture focuses on the second of these events, probably the largest of the world's political cinema in the 1960s and 1970s, where filmmakers from Latin America, Africa, Europe and North America came together. The intention is to present an audiovisual archive that was recovered a couple of years ago, containing intense debates on political cinema and Third Cinema. 

This lecture is part of the discussion "Third Cinema and Internationalism", as part of the programme of the online symposium "Rethinking Conceptualism: Avant-Garde, Activism and Politics in Latin American Art (1960s-1980s)" 

Discussion "Third Cinema and Internationalism": Cecilia Lacruz, Miguel Errazu and Mariano Mestman, in conversation with Peter B. Schumann

Discussion via Zoom: 25 March 2021, 18.00 h (GMT +1)

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Credits: 
Video: Mariano Mestman
Subtitles: Gladys Quintero Torres
Video editing: Katerina Valdivia Bruch and Jordi Valdivia Bruch
Portrait photo of Mariano Mestman: Courtesy Mariano Mestman
Graphic: Katerina Valdivia Bruch 

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Rethinking Conceptualism: Avant-Garde, Activism and Politics in Latin American Art (1960s-1980s) 
A project by Katerina Valdivia Bruch 

In collaboration with Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut, Instituto Cervantes Berlin 
Funded by Hauptstadtkulturfonds, Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen 
Supported by Embassy of Uruguay in Germany, Embassy of Chile in Germany


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