Joint MeXsu and Department of Film Film screening and Seminar Seminar
- Time:
- 17:15 - 19:00
- Date:
- 1 February 2017
- Venue:
- Lecture Theatre C Building 65 Avenue Campus University of Southampton SO17 1BF
For more information regarding this seminar, please email Prof Clare Mar-Molinero at F.C.Mar-Molinero@soton.ac.uk .
Event details
Part of the annual seminar series for the Centre for Mexico-Southampton Collaboration (MeXsu).
British activist Jody McIntyre travels to Venezuela with UK-Iraqi rapper Lowkey to spend time with ‘Hip Hop Revolución’, a dynamic collective of musical revolutionaries. They witness their inspiring grassroots work and share music and ideas, exploring the cultural and political changes taking place in the country. At its heart, this film is about the power of music, community and the spirit of rebellion.
Speaker information
Pablo Navarrete, Alborada Films. Pablo is the founder and editor of www.alborada.net, a website covering Latin America related issues such as politics, media and culture and is co-editor of Alborada Magazine. Besides directing acclaimed films and work for television, he has co-authored a book on Venezuelan politics and spoken and written on many occasions about Latin American political issues.