Episode Details

On this episode of Cinema Then, Cinema Now, Professor Jerry Carlson (College of Staten Island) sits down with Ronald Schwartz (Kingsborough Community College) and Flora Schiminovich (Barnard College) to discuss three short works from Argentina filmmakers. The first is "La era del ñandú," a documentary directed by Carlos Sorín, and the next two, "The Man of the Week" and "El Círculo Xenético", are both directed by the by the filmmaking team of Boy Olmi and Luis Maria Hermida. The films are reviewed as part of a series on Argentine cinema. Recorded on December 3rd, 1990 at the Borough of Manhattan Community College Media Center.

Efforts to preserve this program were made possible by "Uncovering CUNY's Audiovisual Heritage," a project funded by Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR).