Welcome to the launch of this year's second issue of the magazine LatinAmerika! As well as celebrating the launch of the issue we will dive deeper into the topic femicide. Two of the contributors who will join us this evening have worked with and written about the topic in two very different ways.
The event will be in English.
Plan for the evening:
- Short introduction to the Magazine by editor Marit Follvik
- Screening of the short film "No one to lose" (17 minutes) with an introduction by director Ingrid Fadnes.
- Short video by Martín Hernán Di Marco presenting the results of his research on men who have commited femicides.
- Conversation about femicide with Lina Alvarez and Ingrid Fadnes
More details about the program:
Introduction: In the magazine you can read about independent journalism in Colombia, environmental justice and human rights in Colombia and Norway, the Sepur Zarco case from Guatemala, the documentary "Exile" about how the dictatorship in Uruguay has shaped a family, about borderless literature with several examples from Latin America and it is possible to read the text "People of the Inquisition" by Roberto Navia Gabriel from the book Cronica.
Screening: In the magazine you can read a personal account from Ingrid Fadnes about her relationship with Magó, as well as her thoughts and reflections on femicidio as an action, and how to make a film about a phenomenon that suddenly affects someone close to you. The short film "No one to lose" is based on a grieving process after the loss of her friend the 25-year-old Maria Gloria Poltronieri Borges, or Magó as she was called. On January 25, 2020, Magó was raped, strangled to death, and eventually left at a waterfall, all alone. The perpetrator did not know her.
Addressing the topic of femicidio/femicide is difficult, what language can we use, both in writing and visually? How can different forms of expression both heal but also channel a rage over such brutal murders? The movie is in Portuguese/Norwegian with English subtitles. Magó and her story are also represented in the Solidarity Tapestry, which will be exhibited at Deichman during the event.
Conversation: How can we understand femicide? A number of countries have tried to introduce laws against femicide, but how far along are we in this struggle? How has the feminist movement in Latin America helped spread awareness of the phenomenon, and not least developed a language that can be used to put it into words? A conversation with Ingrid Fadnes and Lina Alvarez will try to shed light on these questions and others. The conversation will also discuss Martín Hernán Di Marco findings presented in the short video.