Monday, 9/24: An evening with Latin American film director Fernando Birri, List Art, 6:00-9:00 p.m.
Acclaimed Argentine director Fernando Birri will speak at the List Art Center (64 College St.) on September 24th at 6:00 p.m. in an event sponsored by the Center for Latin American Studies.
Born in Santa Fé, Argentina, Fernando Birri is known as the Father of Latin American Cinema. He studied at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome before returning to Argentina to found the first school in Latin America devoted to documentary filmmaking. Exiled during the Argentine military regime, he returned to Italy and later traveled to Cuba, where was the founding director of the International School of Film and Television.