Fri, 06/11/2010 - 11:50 — AP
By EscribiendoCine - Mié, 09/06/2010 - 17:50
Nearly one thousand people attended the screening of Quien Dijo Miedo by Katia Lara in Argentina. The film, which premiered here and will be screened in Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Germany, France, Spain, and the United States, will premiere in Honduras on June 28, the first anniversary of the Coup d'Etat that removed Manuel Zelaya.
On Monday June 7th, an hour before the premiere of the documentary about the coup d'etat in Honduras, the doors of the "Espacio INCAA KM 0 Cine Gaumont" theater in the city of Buenos Aire were surrounded by people anxiously waiting to see the premiere of Quien Dijo Miedo. The excitement over the worldwide premiere was so great that the 637 seat were rapidly filled and a large number of people stood and sat in the four aisles of the largest hall in the theater complex.
During the film's introduction, the President of the National Institute of Film and Visual Arts (INCAA), Liliana Mazure, took note of this boundless enthusiasm: "It gives me great pride and joy to see this theater filled to overflowing; there are more people here than in the premiere of Oliver Stone's film (South of the Border)," she stated. "It is also an honor to have this film here. This interest, this support represents the people of Argentina, who understand the importance of solidarity with and commitment to countries who are experiencing bad times, as we have gone through periods like those ourselves." She also emphasized that this Argentinian solidarity could be seen in "the invitation received by the ousted president Manuel Zelaya to participate in the recent festivities of the Bicentennial of the May Revolution."
Next, an emotional Katia Lara expressed thanks for "the support of Argentina for the project, especially on the part of Liliana Mazure and INCAA who supported it unwaveringly" since "it was a job done in one year in two countries, six months in each one." She then took her seat, embraced by Nora Cortiñas, one of the founders of the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo.
A wealth of emotions arose among the audience over the 108 minutes of the film Quien dijo miedo, applause for the Latin American presidents, ovations for the women and men who resisted, low whistles for the despised characters who carried out the coup and their accomplices and anguish over the murders that happened as a result of the overthrow.
The audience did not stop clapping in a standing ovation that lasted several minutes. Katia Lara was embraced by hundreds of people and an impromptu discussion followed in front of the screen, in which the director responded to questions and thanked the participants for their support and expressions of solidarity.
In addition to Nora Cortiñas, those present included Hugo Yasky, the general secretary of the CTA (Argentinian Workers Union); the Secretary General of Human Rights, Ricardo Peidro; The judge of the Oral Tribunal 30, Luis Niño; the Secretary of the Union of Media Workers of Buenos Aires, Lidia Fagale; the general director of human rights defense in prisons, Ariel Cejas Meliare; the owner of Comedor Los Pibes, Lito Borello; the teachers union and CTA leader Gustavo Rollandi, among others.
There were many other expressions of support and solidarity from human rights organizations, youth, labor, social, media, student and land-rights organizations, and from personalities like Osvaldo Bayer, Stella Calloni y Néstor Busso.
Translation by Adrienne Pine, www.quotha.net
