Exhausted Workers, Booming Elites and a Shattered Earth
This film series explores representations and realities of extractivism in Latin American fiction and documentary cinema, focusing on how films portray workers’ and communities’ daily lives and struggles, the industry’s socio-environmental impacts, and the structures of inequality that extractivism sustains. The selected films provide a historical overview of extractivism in the region, tracing both its enduring patterns and its evolving role in different national contexts. Through screenings and discussions, this event aims to foster interdisciplinary dialogue among scholars, filmmakers, and activists.
Exhausted Workers, Booming Elites and a Shattered Earth
10 Jun 2025 - 12 Jun 2025
Please, register your interest through the following Eventbrite page: Exhausted Workers, Booming Elites and a Shattered Earth
10/06/2025
6:00-8:00 PM
Wings of Dust (Giorgio Ghiotto, Peru, 2023)
Choropampa, el precio del oro (Ernesto Cabellos and Stephanie Boyd, Perú, 2002)
Speakers: Vidal Merma (Peruvian journalist and filmmaker) and Ernesto Cabellos (University of Sussex)
11/06/2025
6:00-8:00 PM
¡Aysa! (Jorge Sanjinés, Bolivia, 1965),
Bocamina (Miguel Hilari, Bolivia, 2019)
El Tío de Bolivia (René Hurtado, Taller de Cine Minero FSTMB-Varan, Bolivia, 1983)
Speakers: Isabel Seguí (University of St Andrews), Miguel Errazu (Goldsmiths University) and David Wood (UCL)
12/06/2025
6:00-8:00 PM
Kuyujani envenenado (Alexandra Henao, Venezuela, 2016)
Speakers: Alexandra Henao (Venezuelan filmmaker) and Rebecca Jarman (University of Leeds)
This event is co-convened by Sandra Rodríguez (PhD student, UCL Institute of the Americas) and Gianfranco Selgas (UCL), with the support of UCL Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS) Octagon Small Grant Fund, UCL Institute of the Americas, and UCL School of European Languages, Cultures and Societies – Centre for Multidisciplinary and Intercultural Inquiry (SELCS-CMII).
Further information
Ticketing
Open
Cost
Free
Open to
All
Availability
Yes