MAX-PLANCK-INSTITUT FÜR WISSENSCHAFTSGESCHICHTE Max Planck Institute for the History of Science

Event

Jun 24, 2024
Mined Soil by Filipa César: Film Screening and Discussion

  • 16:00 to 17:30
  • Film Screening
  • Dept. II

A film screening of Mined Soil (2022), by Filipa César followed by a discussion, moderated by Cynthia Browne.

 

Mined Soil:

The film-essay Mined Soil revisits the work of the Guinean agronomist Amílcar Cabral, who studied soil erosion in the Alentejo region of Portugal through the lens of his political engagement as a leader of the African Liberation Movement of the 1950s. This line of thought intertwines with documentation of an experimental gold mining site, now operated by a Canadian company located in the same Portuguese region once studied by Cabral. In Mined Soil, the voiceover dialouge explores the space, surface, and textures of the images presented, proposing past and present definitions of soil as a repository of memory, exploitation, crisis, and treasure.

The trailer is available here: https://www.vdb.org/titles/mined-soil?v=54579

 

Organizer(s)
Address
MPIWG, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
Room
Main Conference Room
Contact and Registration

The event is open to all MPIWG members. There is no need to register.
For any questions, please feel free to write to cjbrowne@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de.

2024-06-24T16:00:00SAVE IN I-CAL 2024-06-24 16:00:00 2024-06-24 17:30:00 Mined Soil by Filipa César: Film Screening and Discussion A film screening of Mined Soil (2022), by Filipa César followed by a discussion, moderated by Cynthia Browne.   Mined Soil: The film-essay Mined Soil revisits the work of the Guinean agronomist Amílcar Cabral, who studied soil erosion in the Alentejo region of Portugal through the lens of his political engagement as a leader of the African Liberation Movement of the 1950s. This line of thought intertwines with documentation of an experimental gold mining site, now operated by a Canadian company located in the same Portuguese region once studied by Cabral. In Mined Soil, the voiceover dialouge explores the space, surface, and textures of the images presented, proposing past and present definitions of soil as a repository of memory, exploitation, crisis, and treasure. The trailer is available here: https://www.vdb.org/titles/mined-soil?v=54579   MPIWG, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany Main Conference Room Cynthia Jean Browne Cynthia Jean Browne Europe/Berlin public