The famous opera Carmen, by Georges Bizet, created and perpetuated a stereotypical image of Roma women that is dominant in the imagery of Western societies. Director Vasco Araújo dissects this image with a group of Roma women, including the lawyer and activist Pastora Filigrana, who demand their own space.
Accompanying the film, we organize a talk by the lawyer and activist Pastora Filigrana. You can buy a combi ticket to visit both the film and the talk:
Tickets
15.30 / Film screening: Carmen Troubles
17.00 / Talk Pastora Filigrana: The myth of Carmen and Romani feminism
19:30 / Film screening: Carmen Troubles
Language talk: Spanish with live translation into English
Carmen and Carmen
From 20 December to 12 January, award-winning filmmaker and multimedia artist Wu Tsang presents Carmen and Carmen: a film installation, along with a program of films, talks and performances, that together explore the myth of Carmen in conversation with her collaborators.
Lawyer and feminist Pastora Filigrana will focus on the image of the gypsy women in the Carmen story and speak about Romani feminism. Throughout history gypsy women have been faced with dominant stereotypical cultural expressions of themselves and anti-gypsy laws. The story of Carmen is a famous example of that discourse. Lawyer Pastora Filigrana will
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