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Activities Program

Remembering Argentina 1976 - 2006
Memory, Truth and Justice

Week of Awareness and Remembrance
March 24th to April 1st, 2006

Activities Program Revised March 25/06



Friday, March 24, 2006
OISE Hall of the Second Floor 6:30pm

Poesía Diaria / Everyday Poetry by Argentinean artist Virginia Giannoni: a display of obituaries in memory of the Disappeared.

This art exhibit will be on display from Friday, March 24 to Friday, March 31, 2006. It includes an interactive translation workshop based on the obituaries coordinated by American translator Joan Lindgren. The workshop will allow the active participation of university, high school Canadian students, and public in general. For additional details on this exhibition please click here
A message from the artist to the Canadian public is available by clicking here

OISE/UT - 252 Bloor Street West, Toronto - St. George Subway Station




OISE/UT Room 4414 7:30-10:00pm

Argentina 1976-2006: The tragedy, the history, and the hope
Round Table Discussion. Keynote Speaker: María Eva Urrutia, member of HIJOS (NGO from Argentina formed by children of disappeared persons).
Moderator: Daniel Schugurensky
Speakers: Paulina Maciulis
    Linda Grobovsky
    Edgar Godoy - Co-chair, CUPE National, International Solidarity Committee
    Syd Ryan - President, CUPE Ontario, Vice-President, CUPE National
    Carolyn Egan - United Steelworkers, President, Toronto Area Council.


Saturday, March 25
OISE/UT Room 2214 6:00-11:00pm

Film Screening for Educational Purposes - Free admission
All films are in English or have English subtitles

6:00 Introduction by Susana Munarriz.
6:15 Mothers of Plaza de Mayo - 1985. Directed by Lourdes Portillo & Susana Muñoz. Documentary. Duration: 64 minutes.
7:20 Break.
7:30 Introduction by Daniel Schugurensky.
7:45 The Official Story - 1985. Directed by Luis Puenzo. Academy Award Best Foreign Language Film. Drama. Duration: 112 minutes.
9:40 Break.
10:00 Introduction by Kathy Price.
10:10 Basta: Building a New Argentina - 2003. Directed by Kathy Price. Documentary. Duration: 50 minutes.
Note: A short documentary has been added to this program: Through your eyes. Directed by Guillermina Buzio and Mar’a Eva Urrutia. Duration: 9 minutes. It will be shown after the introduction.

For additional details on the films please click here


Sunday, March 26
OISE/UT Room 2213 1:30-8:30pm

Film Screening for Educational Purposes - Free admission
 All films are in English or have English subtitles

1:30 Introduction by Susana Munarriz.
1:45 Spoils of War - 2004. Directed by David Blaustein. Documentary. Awards: Human Rights at Santa Barbara International Film Festival (2000) and Prize of Ecumenical Jury at Berlin International Film Festival (2001). Duration: 114 minutes.
3:45 Break.
4:00 Introduction by Rosa Sarabia.
4:15 Hunters of Utopias - 1995. Directed by David Blaustein. Documentary. Duration: 118 minutes.
6:15 Break.
6:45 Introduction by Rosa Sarabia.
7:00 The Process - 2003. - Directed by Roman Lejtman. Documentary. Duration: 62 minutes.

For additional details on the films please click here


Monday, March 27 - 8:30pm
The Young Center for the Performing Arts - 55 Mill Street (corner of Cherry and Mill Streets) - Building 49

Theatre: A play about the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo
A drama by local playwright Alisa Palmer will be presented by the author. The work has received the Chalmers Awards for Creative and Excellence in the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, 1994.

Admission fee: donation only


Friday, March 31, 2006
OISE/UT Room 2214 6:30-10:00pm

Survivors of the coup in Toronto - Documentary Premiere - Free Admission
The Revenge of the Apple, a documentary on survivors of the Coup who came to Toronto. A public debate will follow the screening. Marta Marín, the director, in collaboration with Hugo De Marinis, will participate in this event. A documentary based on a Rodolfo Walsh letter to the Military Junta will be shown in the first part of the evening.

6.30 pm    The Triple A are the Armed Forces - 1978. Directed by Cine de la Base. Documentary.
7.00 pm    Introduction to The Revenge of the Apple : Marta Marín and Hugo de Marinis
7.30 pm    The Revenge of the Apple - 2005. Directed by Marta Marín.
8.30 pm     Dialogue with the film director/producer and with the interviewees.


Saturday April 1, 2006
Steelworkers Hall - 25 Cecil St., Toronto 6:30-10:30pm - Admission $10

Popular Music Concert & Exhibition
The concert will feature Latin American & Canadian folk music, a musical multi-media presentation, and a tango theatre presentation.

An exhibition of crafts and books produced by Argentinean political prisoners will be on display. Also historical documents showing Canadian solidarity with Argentina, and documents from Grandmothers of May Square will be exhibited.

Musicians: Nancy White - Marcelo Puente - Grupo Taller - Heather Chetwynd
Tango presentation: Sur Theatre
Musical Multi-Media presentation: Nano Valverde and & Ayekan Ensemble
Tango singer: Elbio Fernández

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