CLACSO arrives to CONTAR
The public and free platform Contar inaugurates, on Thursday, November 25, a new section thanks to an agreement with the Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO) for the development of joint activities and sustained interactions.
This new section will feature materials produced by CLACSO, by juries, and by the Council's organizing committee. In the coming weeks, talks and discussions will also be held with the filmmakers, including academics specializing in the themes addressed in each film.
In addition, the platform premieres “Taranto”, the new documentary by Víctor Cruz –¡Que vivas 100 años!, Dorados 50, among other films–, a chronicle about the ecological drama that the Italian city is experiencing.
PREMIERES
The DISAGREEMENT
Documentary
Directed by: María Bagnat
Capitalism, democracy, neoliberalism, gender, the United States, Europe, Latin America, and the environment are some of the thematic axes in which a handful of leading figures from the intellectual, political, social, and cultural fields delve to try to understand the conflictive era the world is going through.
CUBA 60/LIVES IN REVOLUTION
Documentary
Cuba/60. Lives in Revolution is a collective narrative of life in Cuba sixty years after the revolution. Made by six Cuban filmmakers, the film invites viewers to approach, from an intimate and everyday perspective, the transformations that have taken place and continue to take place in Cuba, to revisit its achievements and its challenges.
TRANSBORDER SEXUALITIES. LGBTI+ MIGRANT MEMORIES IN CHILE
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM
A portrait of the various inequalities that operate in the lives of LGBTI+ migrants in Chile: nationalism, xenophobia, racism, classism and hetero(cis)normativity; and the individual and collective strategies that these resistant agents develop to cope with the various forms of discrimination.
CLACSO will add a series of podcasts to the Contar platform related to innovation, culture, gender policies, and Latin America, such as: Amazon in Flames; Femicide, in Full; 60 Years of the Cuban Revolution; The Martyrdom of Central American Immigrants; Peace for Colombia; EAAF: Science for Truth; Argentina: 100 Years of the La Forestal Workers' Struggle; The Plots of Inequalities.
This first step bodes well for a fruitful exchange of culture and content between the two institutions concerned with the future of a region in full effervescence, in pursuit of the consolidation of democracies, the defense of freedoms and the defeat of the inequalities that continue to shake Latin America and the Caribbean.
Taranto
Documentary
Directed by: Víctor Cruz
In his new documentary, Víctor Cruz chronicles the ecological drama that the city of Taranto, Italy, is experiencing, a product of the pollution caused by the industrial hub that – contradictorily – keeps it alive.
ABOUT CLACSO
The Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO) is a non-governmental international institution with associate status at UNESCO, established in 1967. It currently brings together more than 800 research and postgraduate centers in the field of social sciences and humanities in 51 countries across Latin America and other continents. Its objectives include promoting social research to combat poverty and inequality, strengthen human rights, and foster democratic participation.
To contribute, through academic research and critical thinking, to promoting sustainable development policies in economic, social, and environmental terms. To bridge the gap between social research and public policy, fostering innovative, creative, and viable actions to address the major social, educational, cultural, and environmental challenges facing Latin America and the Caribbean.
ABOUT TELLING
CONTAR is the public platform for audiovisual content from the Argentine State and is part of the state-owned company CONTENIDOS PÚBLICOS Sociedad del Estado. This platform is complemented by, and also draws on, the educational channels ENCUENTRO, PAKAPAKA, and DEPORTV.
It has over 4000 hours of content. It's completely free, and you can access series, documentaries, concerts, events, and movies via streaming, anytime, anywhere. You can use it from your computer, laptop, tablet, or cell phone with a Wi-Fi, 3G, or 4G internet connection.
You can also enjoy live events through our nationwide streaming service. Our platform features content produced by all our artists.
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