For the young narrator of Postcards from Leningrad, being born into a socialist uprising in 1960s Venezuela wasn't easy. She and her cousin Teo have learned how to live a clandestine life, making an ongoing game out of survival, with everything from code names and creative disguises to making themselves invisible and devising fantastic escape plans. A visual collage with playful animation and nostalgic footage of revolutionary youth, the film injects both humour and pathos into a story where wild fantasies, foggy memories, madness, white lies, and grief all mix seamlessly in a child's reality. Nominated by Venezuela for the 2008 Oscars and for Spain's 2008 Goyas.

The film will be shown in Spanish, with English subtitles.

The screening will be followed by a discussion of the film’s themes, including Q&A, with Grace Livingstone and Alvaro Sanchez.

Grace Livingstone is a journalist specializing in Latin American affairs. She was a reporter for The Guardian in Venezuela and has also worked for the BBC World Service, The Observer, The Statesman and The Tablet. She is the author of Inside Colombia: Drugs, Democracy and War (LAB, 2003) and the author of America’s Backyard: the United States and Latin America from the Monroe Doctrine to the War on Terror (Zed, 2009). Alvaro Sanchez is Counsellor at the Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

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