Scoop February 2009
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=='Rehearsing Reality', Thursday, 12th February, 7pm, UEA, Arts 01.02== | =='Rehearsing Reality', Thursday, 12th February, 7pm, UEA, Arts 01.02== | ||
| + | BRAZIL'S LANDLESS MOVEMENT: INTERACTIVE FILM & PRESENTATION | ||
| + | Organised by the schools of Development Studies, Film & TV Studies, & | ||
| + | Language, Linguistics & Translation Studies | ||
| + | *Guest speaker: Nina Simões | ||
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| + | *"Rehearsing Reality" | ||
| + | This is an interactive non-linear work based on the | ||
| + | relationship between the Landless Movement in Brazil and the | ||
| + | Theatre of the Oppressed. | ||
| + | Brazil's Landless Movement (MST) - described by Noam Chomsky | ||
| + | as 'the most successful grassroots movement in the world' - | ||
| + | has adopted Theatre of the Oppressed techniques, developed by | ||
| + | Brazilian theatre director Augusto Boal, which teach people | ||
| + | how to transform themselves from spectators into | ||
| + | 'spect-actors' by actively taking control of their lives. | ||
| + | As the documentary Rehearsing Reality was edited with the | ||
| + | Korsakow System (software deigned to create interactive | ||
| + | films), members of the audience will be invited to interact | ||
| + | Further details: hazel.marsh@uea.ac.uk | ||
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Nina Simoes, interactive documentary about the Landless Movement of Brazil | Nina Simoes, interactive documentary about the Landless Movement of Brazil | ||
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