Fact and Fiction in Iberian Photojournalism: Screening of The Mexican Suitcase

movie poster of La Maleta Mexicana with a woman leaning over a letter she is writing
April 17, 2014
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Room 220, Sullivant Hall

Date Range
2014-04-17 19:00:00 2014-04-17 21:00:00 Fact and Fiction in Iberian Photojournalism: Screening of The Mexican Suitcase Fact & Fiction in Iberian PhotojournalismApril 17-18, 2014Screening of The Mexican Suitcase2011 / Mexico, Spain, USA / 86 mins / Dir: Trisha ZiffThursday April 17th, 7pmSullivant 220La Maleta Mexicana tells the story of the recovery of 4500 negatives of Robert Capa, Gerda Taro and David “Chim” Seymour during the Spanish Civil War, found 70 years after the war in a closet in Mexico City. The film looks at the journey of these negatives from Spain to France and to Mexico, where they remained safe for over half a century.Symposium on Iberian Photojournalism From Capa to The PigsFriday April 18th, 12:30-2pmUniversity Hall MuseumTalks by Sebastiaan Faber (Oberlin College) and Richard Fletcher (OSU) on ideas of fact and fiction in the work of Robert Capa and his contemporaries in the rise of photojournalism in the Spanish Civil War and its development in contemporary Iberian photojournalism, such as Cristina de Middel’s Españ and Carlos Spottorno’s The Pigs.For more information please contact campos-astorkiza.1@osu.edu or fletcher.161@osu.eduSponsored by the Humanities Institute Rough Draft Pilot Working Group and Iberian Studies Working Group Room 220, Sullivant Hall America/New_York public

Fact & Fiction in Iberian Photojournalism

April 17-18, 2014

Screening of The Mexican Suitcase

2011 / Mexico, Spain, USA / 86 mins / Dir: Trisha Ziff

Thursday April 17th, 7pm

Sullivant 220

La Maleta Mexicana tells the story of the recovery of 4500 negatives of Robert Capa, Gerda Taro and David “Chim” Seymour during the Spanish Civil War, found 70 years after the war in a closet in Mexico City. The film looks at the journey of these negatives from Spain to France and to Mexico, where they remained safe for over half a century.

Symposium on Iberian Photojournalism

 

From Capa to The Pigs

Friday April 18th, 12:30-2pm

University Hall Museum

Talks by Sebastiaan Faber (Oberlin College) and Richard Fletcher (OSU) on ideas of fact and fiction in the work of Robert Capa and his contemporaries in the rise of photojournalism in the Spanish Civil War and its development in contemporary Iberian photojournalism, such as Cristina de Middel’s Españ and Carlos Spottorno’s The Pigs.

For more information please contact campos-astorkiza.1@osu.edu or fletcher.161@osu.edu

Sponsored by the Humanities Institute Rough Draft Pilot Working Group and Iberian Studies Working Group