Masked Mexico In the Age of Anxiety: Two Films by Greg Berger

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Masked Mexico In the Age of Anxiety
Two Films by Greg Berger on Swine Flu Hysteria and Paramilitary Violence in Chiapas

Director Greg Berger in attendance to lead Q&A

Amor en Tiempos de Influenza (Love in Times of Influenza) 15 minutes
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Written, shot, and edited in the heat of Mexico's 2009 swine flu scare, this fictionalized documentary combines historical narrative and absurdist Mexico City street theatre to unmask the political interests behind Mexico's flu scare, particularly the role that U.S. agribusiness corporation Smithfield Foods may have played in the mutation of the H1N1 virus.

La Rebeldia Bajo Sitio (Rebellion Under Siege), 35 minutes

In Mexico's Chiapas State, indigenous farmers are being beaten, shot and imprisoned by armed thugs and their government supporters, after years of relative calm in the region. Most of the victims are civilian supporters of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation. Commissioned by Venezuelan television network TeleSUR, this documentary discusses the connections between the U.S.-funded drug war and the return of paramilitary violence to Chiapas.

Greg Berger, known also as "Gringoyo," is a Mexico based filmmaker, journalist, Professor of Film at the Art Department of the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, and self-proclaimed "revolutionary tourist." His work has been screened at museums, galleries, and town squares on five continents, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, the Museo Reina Sofia in Madrid, and the Mexico City Zocalo. For two years he has been a television segment producer for the Caracas based network TeleSUR.
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THIS EVENT IS NOT AT SEDITION BOOKS.
IT WILL BE AT:
RICE MEDIA CENTER
2030 University Blvd (University Blvd. and Stockton Dr.)
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