Thursday, December 13, 2012

December 15th "Los Días sin Joyce" by Anna Soler Cepriá & Agustín Oso Tapia


En 1930, la American Smelting & Refining Company contrata a William Parker para trabajar en las minas de Angangueo, Michoacán. Bill, como lo llamaban sus amigos, llegó acompañado de su pareja, una fotógrafa llamada Joyce Hartzell. Bill era aficionado al cine. Joyce tomaba fotografías de todo ese mundo que la asombraba. Un diario escrito por Bill relata sus últimos días juntos: desde la muerte de Joyce hasta su propio suicidio.

In 1930, the American Smelting & Refining Company hired William "Bill" Parker to work at the Angangueo mines in Michoacán. Bill arrived with his girlfriend, Joyce Hartzell, a photographer. Bill and Joyce fell in love with the town and its simple ways and decided to make it their permanent home. Bill was an amateur filmmaker and used his 16mm camera to shoot several documentaries portraying day-to-day life in Angangueo and Joyce’s trips around Spain and South America. But Joyce died in 1975, victim to pulmonary cancer, and 36 days later, Bill shot himself in the head. Bill’s diary describes those last few days: from Joyce’s passing to his own suicide. The movies and photographs made by the Parkers over the years become the material that relives their memories and tells the story of these two lovers that even death couldn’t tear apart.

LAST MOVIE UNTIL JANUARY!!!

ÚLTIMA PELÍCULA HASTA ENERO!!!


HORA: 7:30 de la tarde.
DIA: Jueves 15 de diciembre
LUGAR: Jordan Hall (Edificio 420, sala 041).
SALA: Aula 041
SUBTITULOS: Subtítulos en inglés.
Después de la película quedaremos en COHO CAFE en Stanford a eso de las 10:00 horas para cenar y tomar unas cervecitas.

WHEN: Thursday December 15th , at 7:30 PM.
WHERE: Jordan Hall (Building 420, room 041).
ROOM: 041
SUBTITLES: Subtitles in English.
Please join us after the film in COHO CAFE at Stanford. We usually meet around 10:00 pm for food and beer.