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- Boscombe Arts Depot (B.A.D.)
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Boscombe Arts Depot (B.A.D.)
Bournemouth, BH1 4BP United Kingdom + Google Map
About the event:
Doors open from 7pm, high-street entrance to Boscombe Arts Depot (B.A.D.) on Wednesday 2 November. We are delighted to continue our film screenings on Wednesday evenings with support from Film Hub South West through their audience development fund with BFI. This event is part of our autumn film programme series ‘The Show Must Go On.’
About the film:
Si Pudiera Desear Algo (If I Could Wish for Something), 2021, (rating TBA) directed by Dora García.
About this film, filmmaker/artist Dora García writes:
The inspiration and point of departure of this film is an old song, written in 1930 by German composer Friedrich Holländer: “Wenn ich mir was wünschen dürfte”. This song, translated into Spanish as “Si pudiera desear algo” (If I Could Wish for Something), has been in my memory for as long as I can remember.
It expresses poetically a very complex concept: that the disappointment of women has been going on for so long, the promise made to them by the revolution has remained for so long unfulfilled, delayed, negated, that the sadness, the vulnerability derived from this feeling of abandonment has been turned into a shelter and a shield, perhaps even a sword. In sadness, we overcome the temptation to feel victimised and instead use pain as a conduit to recognize another’s suffering, opening the possibility for an encounter with other struggles.
With this in mind, I wanted to create a contemporary equivalent of the old song, that could function as a soundtrack to the incredible feminist demonstrations that have been taking place – modifying and appropriating public space and public discourse – in the city of Mexico in the last 5 years.
The film follows two paths: one, a collective recollection of images and sounds from these feminist marches in Mexico City; two, the composition, recording and final performance of the film theme song by trans artist La Bruja de Texcoco.
Followed by a Q&A with director Dora García.
Language: Spanish & Purépecha with English subtitles
Running time: 65 min
Please note this film contains: moderate violence
We want to keep prices to a minimum so as many people can come as possible. Tickets are therefore £5.00. Free tickets are also available for those with low income, outsider artists, asylum seekers, refugees, vulnerable migrants and LGBTQIA+ community. You can also email us instead for a free ticket if that is easier for you – gotbeaf@gmail.com