Parts Two and Three of filmmaker Diego Rísquez‘ Latin American trilogy—ORINOKO, NUEVO MUNDO (1984), in 35mm, and AMÉRIKA, TERRA INCOGNITA (1988)—will be presented at two rare Los Angeles screenings, as part of PST: LA/LA.
Film scholar Isabel Arredondo will introduce ORINOKO at the Autry, and Rísquez will be at Redcat for the screening of AMÉRIKA.
“Orinoko inverts the logic seen in illustrations that appear in books documenting the expeditions of the 16th century, whose frontispieces featured images of indigenous people. The frontispieces of Orinoko feature the colonizers and their myths. America, represented in the form of its landscape, collects European myths and objects. Conceptual art, performance, and Super 8 reverse the structures of power, giving us an image of Europe as seen from America.” — Isabel Arredondo, “The Performative in Venezuelan Experimental Film,” from Ism, Ism, Ism: Experimental Cinema in Latin America, edited by Jesse Lerner and Luciano Piazza.
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ORINOKO, NUEVO MUNDO, Sunday, November 19, at 4 pm.
AUTRY MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN WEST, 4700 Western Heritage Way, Griffith Park, Los Angeles.
theautry.org/events/film-and-television/los-angeles-filmforum-screening-orinoko-nuevo-mundo
AMÉRIKA, TERRA INCOGNITA, Monday, November 20, at 8:30 pm.
REDCAT, Disney Hall, Music Center, downtown Los Angeles.
Amérika terra incognita.
