Presented in collaboration with the Human Rights Film Festival, Bolivia.
Special Event - This session will be followed by a post screening panel discussion. Entry by donation courtesy of Macquarie University, arrive early to get your seat!
Venue: Lighthouse Theatre (W11A)
Gymnasium Rd, opposite Sport and Aquatic Centre (turn into Gymnasium Rd off Culloden Rd). Paid parking inside university or free parking on Culloden Rd.
(click on venue details on right for a detailed map)
Macquarie University (details)
5:00pm Tuesday 14th September
Rodrigo Vazquez, 2008, Documentary, Bolivia, UK, 44min, Spanish/English with English subtitles
Since the beginning of the Iraq War the Llallagua mine has seen a boom of mineral demand from the US arms manufactures. As a result, many poor peasants without any experience such as Alex Choque and Jorge Campos (aged 9 and 13 respectively) have started working in the mines. Their parents are ill or dead after contracting what the people of Llallagua call the “mine disease”, the same disease that they are prone to everyday. Alex and Jorge have dreams of a better life. They want to study, but they can’t, their families depend on them to survive.
Diego Antonio Mondaca Gutiérrez, 2008, Documentary, Bolivia, Cuba, 26min, Spanish with English subtitles