[-empyre-] Agnes Varda and Angela Davis

[Ana Valdés]

Dear Renate and dear Tim I am always struck about how we ppl connect to
each other in which intricate ways we meet, interact and merge in a kind of
invisible pattern, a kind of vital weaving where stitches and threads are
put together in a design often invisible for our eyes but visible for
others.
I was jailed when Angela was released.1972. She was here now and met some
of the old Tupamaros leaders who spent 13 years in prison and were treated
very badly.
I am now very self critic about the whole idea of armed struggle. I
discussed it with Angela now and I discussed it with Noam Chomsky who I met
for first time 1984. I admire Angela and Noam very much but I find their
love and passion for Tupamaros,Sandinistas and Hizbollah, a bit naive.
The armed struggle is a tool but often becames a self goal.
The only exception should be the Palestinian (a cause very near Angela’s
heart nowadays) who are fighting for their own existence against one of the
biggest occupations power in the world.
I was in Gaza some weeks at the same time when Rachel Corrie was killed and
my Swedish colleagues Cecilia Parsberg and Erik Pauser made two very
touching movies about it, To Rachel and I see the house.
They can be watched in Vimeo.
Ana


tis 9 apr. 2019 kl. 23:34 skrev Renate Ferro <rferro at cornell.edu>:

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> Ana wrote;
> <Snip>
> “But I think we all share a common link made by small chains of
> curiosity and sharing, a kind of cultural mapping where figures as Varda,
> Quintanilla, Schneemann and Hammer are interlaced.”
> <Snip>
> Dear Ana what a beautiful post after a long day.  I remember listening to
> a charged lecture by Angela Davis in the mid-80’s.  She spent a good part
> of her lecture talking about the inequities within the Panther group
> between men and women.  It was a strong and clear lecture with a strong
> message at at time when there were strikingly strong rifts between white
> women and women of color in the United States.
>
> Thank you so much for sharing your own political history which you have
> done somewhat here on –empyre-over the years.  I continue to be in awe of
> your bravery and experiences.  Here is a link to an interesting Question
> and Answer period about the Panther film.
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo81Grb8A9Y
>
> Really looking forward to hearing more about your influences Ana.
> Renate
>
>
> Renate Ferro
> Visiting Associate Professor
> Director of Undergraduate Studies
> Department of Art
> Tjaden Hall 306
> rferro at cornell.edu
>
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