Cinema Politica: Our Bodies are Your Battlefield
Join us for a Cinema Politica Groningen documentary screening: Our Bodies are Your Battlefield.
About the screening:
In an Argentina divided between a deep conservatism and an unprecedented momentum in feminism, the film delves into the political journey and intimate lives of Claudia and Violeta. The fight they lead with their comrades against patriarchal violence is visceral and embodied. Convinced of their role at the center of an ongoing revolution that intersects with so many struggles, and in defiance of the old world, they dedicate their energy to invent a new present, to love and stay alive.
Speakers on the couch:
Stacey Copeland is Assistant Professor – Cultural Heritage and Identity, Creative Industries at the University of Groningen. Her research interests and expertise include the politics of sound and listening, media cultures of gender and sexuality, queer and feminist media production, audio archives and cultural heritage, political phenomenology, and audio recording as method. She leads the NWO Veni project From Protest to Podcast: The Sonic Politics of Queer Netherlands and is Co-Chair of the Radio, Audio Media, and Podcasting Special Interest Group (RAMP SIG) of the Society of Cinema and Media Studies.
Ester Jiresch is assistant professor at the chair of European Culture and Literature at the University of Groningen, and teaches in the University Minor Gender and Diversity in Science, Society and Culture. Her current research examines the cultural representations of transgender and intersex people in contemporary literature and film, and she is currently involved in the development of The Global Handbook of Trans Cinema.
Aline Hack is a PhD candidate in Media and Audiovisual Studies at the University of São Paulo, Brazil. Her doctoral work examines the political uses of podcasts by underrepresented communities in Brazil. She is currently a visiting doctoral researcher at the University of Groningen Centre for Media and Journalism Studies, where she is co-conducting research on feminist podcast archives in the Global North and South. She previously completed a Master of Research in Human Rights, focusing on women’s podcasting communities that use audio media to advance women’s rights agendas.
This session is moderated by Prof Dan Leberg.
About Cinema Politica:
Cinema Politica is a non-profit media arts organization dedicated to supporting the work of independent, political filmmakers. CP is headquartered in Canada with local chapters that organise screenings all around the world. The Faculty of Arts is proud to host the Cinema Politica Groningen chapter.
Cinema Politica offers films on a wide variety of themes: Human rights, politics, globalisation, art, activism, refugee/migrants, war/conflict, social movements and many more.
Here at the Faculty of Arts, we will choose titles that have a relation to the research being done at our faculty in particular. All of the documentaries are in English or include English subtitles. Our screenings are free and open to all. After each film, we host a lively discussion with experts from the Faculty of Arts and beyond, followed by Q&A for audience questions.
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The Cinema Politica series is made possible by the Public Events Programme from the Faculty of Arts. For this particular screening we teamed up with USVA and the Centre of expertise for the Study of LGBTQIA+ Issues from the University of Groningen.
Interested in teaming up with one of our next political documentary screenings? We love to collaborate with experts and community members from the area. Send an email to: cinemapolitica@rug.nl