The Brazil Studies Program at Harvard’s David Rockefeller
Center for Latin American Studies would like to inform you of the
following upcoming Brazil related events at Harvard
Brazil Film Series
Santiago
Directed by João Moreira Salles
In 1992, filmmaker João Moreira Salles began making a film about
Santiago, the family butler who worked for Salles’s parents since his
childhood. Years later, after the death of the flamboyant servant,
Salles returns to the unused footage and crafts a moving portrait of an
enigmatic man who, aside from running the household, is a talented
pianist, a poet and an amateur historian interested in the lives of
aristocrats. The film is an evocative reflection on the components of a
person's identity and those traits that make us memorable to others.
Through his personal voice-over, Salles sheds light on his family and
childhood as well as universal topics such as memory, identity, and
documentary filmmaking.
Date: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 - TONIGHT
Time: 6:00-8:00pm
Location: TSAI Auditorium, 1730 Cambridge Street
Contact: Marcio Siwi, msiwi@fas.harvard.edu
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Controlling Violent Crime in Brazilian Cities
A Conversa with:
José de Filippi Jr., Loeb Fellow, Harvard Graduate School of
Design.
He is the former mayor of Diadema, where he was elected for three
terms. Currently, he is working with affordable housing projects in the
private sector. José is interested in how to improve safety in large
metropolitan areas, especially cities where poverty, inequality and
urban segregation abound.
Claudio Beato Filho, Lemann Visiting Scholar, DRCLAS. He is a
Professor at the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Minas
Gerais Federal University (UFMG). He is currently the coordinator of
the Center for Studies in Criminality and Public Security at the UFMG
and a Researcher at the National Council for Scientific and
Technological Development, Brazil.
Date: Thursday, November 19, 2009
Time: 12:00-2:00pm
Location: CGIS South, S-050, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
Contact: Marcio Siwi, msiwi@fas.harvard.edu
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FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF THE BRAZIL STUDIES PROGRAM CALENDAR OF EVENTS GO
TO: http://www.drclas.harvard.edu/brazil/events
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Marcio Siwi
Fellow / Program Officer
Brazil Studies Program
Harvard University
David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies
1730 Cambridge St.
Cambridge, MA 02138
tel (617) 495-5435
http://drclas.harvard.edu/brazil