También la lluvia y Cumbite: activismo, actores y agua
Subject Area
Film and Literary Studies
Abstract
In this paper, I will explore the quest for water as presented in Tomás Gutiérrez's 1964 Cuban film Cumbite, set in Haiti, as well as in Icíar Bollaín's 2010 film También la lluvia, which is set in Bolivia. Both films depict the dire poverty of Afro-Caribbean people, in the case of Haiti, and indigenous people, in the case of Bolivia, who struggle against pervading neo-colonialist policies that impede their struggles for self-sufficiency. By analyzing the different responses to the problem of obtaining water, I plan to show how a collective and collaborative approach to solving the problem is also a subversion of the institutionalized social hierarchy with its inherent racist and class discriminatory practices that uphold the oppressive infrastructure.
Brief Bio Note
William Deaver is a professor of Spanish at Armstrong State University. His BA is in English and his MA is in Spanish, both from the University of Virginia. His PhD is in Spanish from Florida State University. His research interests are film and literature.
Keywords
Bollaín, Gutiérrez Alea, Bolivia, Cuba, Haiti, agua, lluvia, cumbite
Location
Room 218/220
Presentation Year
April 2018
Start Date
4-6-2018 3:45 PM
Embargo
11-27-2017
Recommended Citation
Deaver, William O. Jr., "También la lluvia y Cumbite: activismo, actores y agua" (2018). South East Coastal Conference on Languages & Literatures (SECCLL). 28.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/seccll/2018/2018/28
También la lluvia y Cumbite: activismo, actores y agua
Room 218/220
In this paper, I will explore the quest for water as presented in Tomás Gutiérrez's 1964 Cuban film Cumbite, set in Haiti, as well as in Icíar Bollaín's 2010 film También la lluvia, which is set in Bolivia. Both films depict the dire poverty of Afro-Caribbean people, in the case of Haiti, and indigenous people, in the case of Bolivia, who struggle against pervading neo-colonialist policies that impede their struggles for self-sufficiency. By analyzing the different responses to the problem of obtaining water, I plan to show how a collective and collaborative approach to solving the problem is also a subversion of the institutionalized social hierarchy with its inherent racist and class discriminatory practices that uphold the oppressive infrastructure.
