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archivos del cine salvadoreño con Tierra Narrative / archives of salvadoran cinema with Tierra Narrative

Tierra Narrative invita a tres poetas salvadoreñes / de la diáspora a escribir junto con las películas que alberga El Museo de la Palabra y La Imagen en San Salvador, una institución dedicada a recopilar y preservar los recuerdos de la guerra civil salvadoreña. Además de las lecturas, proyectaremos estos cortometrajes: El Gran Debut (1976) de Baltazar Polío en colaboración con Teatro Grupo Independiente y La Zona Intertidal (1980) del colectivo Los Vagos.

Participantes: Lauri García Dueñas (ES/MX); Raquel Gutierrez (Estados Unidos); Elena Salamanca (ES)

Tierra Narrative invites three Salvadoran/diaspora poets to write alongside films housed by El Museo de la Palabra y La Imagen in San Salvador–– an institution dedicated to collecting and preserving memories of the Salvadoran civil war. In addition to readings, we will screen these short films: El Gran Debut (1976) by Baltazar Polío in collaboration with Teatro Grupo Independiente and La Zona Intertidal (1980) by collective Los Vagos.

Featuring: Lauri García Dueñas (ES/MX), Raquel Gutierrez (US), and Elena Salamanca (ES)
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Enthusiastic readers and listeners are encouraged to engage more deeply with Lauri García Dueñas' work by purchasing her book América, which is available in a bilingual edition through Isuu.
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English and Spanish translations will be available.

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