Stories about "Brazil"
Global Lens film series concludes with Brazilian film Margarette's Feast
Tuesday, October 27, 2009 12:04 pm
The Global Lens film series at Bates College concludes with "Margarette's Feast", a film from Brazilian director Renato Falcão. The film will be shown at 8 p.m. on Friday, Dec.11, and Sunday, Dec. 13, in the Olin Arts Center, Room 105, 75 Russell St.
Global Lens series continues with Brazilian film Mutum
Thursday, September 17, 2009 12:23 pm
The Global Lens series of films from around the world continues at Bates College with Mutum, by Brazilian director Sandra Kogut, in 8 p.m. showings on Friday, Sept. 25, and Sunday, Sept. 27, in the Olin Arts Center, Room 105, 75 Russell St. Hosted by the Bates College Museum of Art, the series continues on Fridays and Sundays throughout the fall. Admission is $5. Mutum is in Portuguese with English subtitles (86 mins.).
Famed Anthropologist to Lecture at Bates
Monday, March 11, 1996 10:24 am
In his talk March 24, Chagnon will address the controversy over who -- anthropologists, missionaries or government agencies, among others -- has the right to represent the Yanomamo's interests to the outside world. The problem has intensified, Chagnon says, because the Yanomamo are now among the best- known ancient cultures in the world. The invasion of Yanomamo territory by Brazilian miners in 1987 focused attention on the issue. Chagnon himself has been assailed by all sides because of his refusal to endorse any of them.