"Grito De Piedra" (Scream of the Stone) — Once the source of legendary wealth in colonial days, Potosí's now economically destitute silver mines have been opened as a tourist destination for visitors to Bolivia. The film follows a Gavino, a Potosí miner, and his son Pedro, a tour guide, to the mines, depicting their lives as miners and participants in a colonial enterprise that shapes life in South America. (Ton van Zantvoort. 2006. 59 min. Bolivia/The Netherlands.)
"Stranger Comes to Town" — This video re-purposes animations from the Department of Homeland Security and combines them with stories from the border, images from the online game "World of Warcraft" and journeys via Google Earth, to tell a tale of bodies moving through lands that are familiar and strange. Filmmaker Jacqueline Goss focuses on the questions and examinations used to sense the self and one's view of the world. (Jacqueline Goss. 2007. 28 min.)
The American Museum of Natural History will present the second annual Margaret Mead Film Festival of innovative, non-fiction work that is an eye on the outside world. The films will be shown at 7 p.m., on April 10-12 and 17-19, in the first floor conference room of the new Administration and Conference Center on the St. Thomas campus.
This year's festival, hosted by UVI's Communication Program within the Division of Humanities and Social Sciences, will feature the screenings of 10 independent, cultural, documentary films. The film program is free and open to the public. UVI faculty members will be on hand to lead discussions and interpret the films. A limited number of seats will be filled on a first come, first served basis.