October 14 - DEcember 2, 2007

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In his book An Accented Cinema, Hamid Naficy identifies a new breed of movies. Made by "deterritorialized" filmmakers who are working away from home, or in places destabilized by political turmoil, these movies explore the concepts of loss, diaspora, dislocation and fractured identity. They project a complex relationship to place and identity, employing aesthetics that tend to instill viewers with a sense of disorientation. Films that fit under this loose category are being made throughout the world -- in Iran and Africa, in Europe and the U.S. But in the wake of the waves of political oppression of the 1970s and 80s, a subset and new generation of the "accented cinema," what we call the "restless cinema," has emerged at the center of the rich filmmaking cultures of Latin America.

The Restless Cinema series, a component of the Santa Fe's citywide Disappeared Collaborative Project, runs between October 12, 2007 and January 20, 2008 at the Center for Contemporary Arts. It will explore how Latin America's recent history of political upheaval continues to resonate through the works of Latin American filmmakers.

The program is produced by Jason Silverman, Director of Film/Video Programming at the Center for Contemporary Arts, with funding from the Lannan Foundation. Curators include Carlos Gutierrez, the founder and director of the acclaimed distribution company Cinema Tropical, and Hamid Naficy, a professor at Rice University.

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Screenings will be held at locations in Santa Fe and Albuquerque

Santa Fe screening information:
The Cinematheque at the Center for Contemporary Arts
1050 Old Pecos Trail
Santa Fe, NM 87505
(505) 982-1338
www.ccasantafe.org
Tickets: $8.50 general admission, $7.50 senior/students, $7 senior and student members

Albuquerque screening information:
National Hispanic Cultural Center
The Bank of America Theater and the Disney Center for the Performing Arts
1701 4th Street NW, Albuquerque, NM
(505) 724-4771
http://www.nhccnm.org/
Tickets: $6 general admission, $5 seniors, students and NHCC and CCA members

All NHCC screenings presented with generous support of the Lee Blaugrand Fund, Albuquerque Community Foundatio