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 delve in to this history, but also speak about the current Romani feminism that tries to subvert the race and gender stereotypes around which the image of the Gypsy woman is built.
As part of this programme we screen the film Carmen Troubles (2022) in our film hall. You can buy a combi ticket to visit both the talk and the film.
Language: Spanish with live translation into English
Photo (c): Jaime Tuñón García
Speakers
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.
About Pastoria Filigrana
Pastoria Filigrana (Seville, 1981) is a lawyer, trade unionist, feminist, columnist and activist. She studied law at the University of Seville and obtained a Master’s Degree at the Pablo Olavide University of Seville. Currently she works at the law association Ilustre Colegio de Abogados de Sevilla (ICAS). She is a specialist in labor and union law, and an expert in immigration law. Her major publication is the book titled El Pueblo Gitano contar el sistema-mundo (Akal, 2020).
A project by filmmaker and performance artist Wu Tsang
In Carmen and Carmen award winning filmmaker and performance artist Wu Tsang explores the myth of one of the most portrayed characters in Western culture. The story of Carmen, the title character from the iconic opera by Georges Bizet, has been told and retold over the past 150 years. Habanera, the aria in which she
