Hot Docs 2009 Festival Guide

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Presidio Modelo

Dir(s): Pablo Alvarez-Mesa

Program: Canadian Spectrum

Run Time: 15 | Canada  | Language: (Subtitled in English) Spanish 

"He said these walls had buried him alive, that they had buried his soul."

In 1926, Cuban president Gerardo Machado builds a prison that will revolutionize society. Inspired by philosopher Jeremy Bentham's Panopticon design, Machado constructs a circular building where cells become theatres illuminating the incarcerated. Forever etched into Cuban history, this is the place where Castro would write the beginnings of his communist manifesto. This lyrically mesmerizing and fearlessly intelligent film reveals the haunting brutality of incarceration. Michelle Latimer.

Official website: http://pabloalvarezmesa.ca/

Credits

Director(s) : Pablo Alvarez-Mesa

Producer(s) : Pablo Alvarez-Mesa

Cinematographer(s) : Pablo Alvarez-Mesa

Editor(s) : Pablo Alvarez-Mesa

Composers(s) : Galen Elfert

Subjects

Presidio Modelo deals with the following subjects:

Screenings

Presidio Modelo will be presented at the following times and locations.

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4:45 pm Sat, May 2

Isabel Bader Theatre

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7:15 pm Sat, May 9

Isabel Bader Theatre

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More from Canadian Spectrum

The following titles are in the Canadian Spectrum category along with Presidio Modelo.

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