Guest speakers:
Jackie de Botton, Executive Producer for Wasteland and responsible for outreach project http://www.wastelandmovie.com/jackie-de-botton.html. Business entrepreneur founder of Rede Extraordinária
Diana Gabanyi, Journalist specialized in integrated communication, international media director of number one Brazilian tennis player Guga Kuerten. Founder Rede Extraordinária
Tião Santos, Main character of Wasteland. Tião Santos is also one of the leaders of the National movement of pickers in Brazil, President of ACAMJG (the Association of Recycling Pickers of Jardim Gramacho)
Wasteland movie info: http://www.wastelandmovie.com/
The film is in Portuguese, with English subtitles. The screening will be followed by a small reception
DRCLAS Film Series Event: ARTS@DRCLAS / Brazil Studies Program: Screening of “Wasteland” followed by a conversation with Jackie de Botton, Diana Gabanyi and Tião Santos
Date: Thursday, February 9, 2012
Time: 6:30 pm
Location: Tsai Auditorium, CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
Contact: Paola Ibarra, pibarra@fas.harvard.edu