This edition: Hour of the Furnaces
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Original tape date: May 17, 1989. First aired: May 8, 1989.Hour of the Furnaces (Spanish: La Hora de los Hornos) (1968/Argentina; 260 min., b&w, sound); Dir. Fernando E. Solanas, Octavio Getino. A historical documentary in four parts that examines revolutionary and Peronist movements in sixties Argentina.
On this episode of Cinema Then, Cinema Now, Professor Jerry Carlson (College of Staten Island) sits down with Catherine Benamou (specialist in Latin American cinema) and Héctor Schamis (post-doctoral researcher in sociology at Columbia University) to discuss Part 1 "Liberation" of Hour of the Furnaces (1968), continuing the 10-part series on the New Latin American cinema of the last 25 years.
Other topics of discussion:
Peronism.
Director Fernando Birri.
Dependency political theory.
Representation of revolutionary movements.
Recorded on May 17th, 1989 at the Borough Manhattan Community College Media Center.
This program was digitized, captioned, and made accessible in 2021 as part of "Uncovering CUNY'S Audiovisual Heritage," a preservation project funded by Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR).
Guest List
Catherine Benamou Specialist in Latin American Cinema, New York University
Prof. Jerry Carlson Professor of Film Studies, City College of New York
Hector Schamis Sociologist, Columbia University
