As Brazil commemorates the 50 years of the military coup of 1964, it looks back not only to the marks left by two decades of military repression but also to the peculiarities of its transition process. The logic of controlled transition that the military successfully imposed resulted in 27 years between the end of the regime and the establishment of a full National Truth Commission. This seminar brings together artists, curators, academics and legal scholars to explore the crucial role the arts have played both in the resistance to the dictatorship and in the building of collective narratives capable of accounting for the delayed temporalities of this past.
LIVESTREAMING at 10 am (EST). Click here to view the live video feed.
James Green | Brown University
Silvio Tendler | Brazilian Documentary Filmmaker
Estrellita Brodsky | Curator
Marcial Godoy-Anativia (Moderator) | NYU / Hemispheric Institute
Paulo Abrão | President of the Brazilian Amnesty Commission
Rebecca Atencio | Tulane University
Marcos Steuernagel | NYU / Hemispheric Institute
Dylon Robbins (Moderator) | NYU
Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics
20 Cooper Square, 5th Floor
New York, NY 10003
This event is free and open to the public, and is co-organized with the Amnesty Commission of the Ministry of Justice of Brazil, and co-sponsored by the Amnesty Commission of the Ministry of Justice of Brazil, the Consulate General of Brazil in New York, and the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at NYU. A photo ID is required to enter NYU buildings.
Photo: Paulo Pinto / Fotos Públicas