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| Raul |
Raul Castells is a modern day Marxist Robin Hood. Oscar Brahim an irreverent Buenos Aires taxi driver turned adbuster. Argentina, gutted by corrupt politicians and globalisation, is their battleground.
7.30pm
Raul el TerribleDavid Bradbury, Argentina/Australia, 2006, 80mins
David Bradbury's
Raul el Terrible is a warts-and-all portrait of Raul Castells, a man driven to change the world.
Castells is the charismatic figurehead of Argentina's 'piqueteros' (picketers) - a protest movement which uses direct, non-violent action to confront their country's corrupt establishment. He is prepared to go to any length, including risking his own life in a hunger strike.
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| Oscar |
9pm
Oscar
Sergio Morkin, Argentina, 2005, 55minsOscar Brahim makes his living as a taxi driver, working twelve hours a day in the crowded streets of Buenos Aires. While he works, he is constantly bombarded by the street advertising that defines the city's urban landscape.
In the trunk of his taxi, Oscar stores his tools - cutouts from magazines and newspapers, bottles of glue, and a pair of scissors. As soon as he has spare time, he pulls over, borrows a ladder, and starts to transform the publicity posters.
With humour and irreverence, the commercial message is transformed each time into political satire, a surreal collage or a desecrating image.
