For Febe Elisabeth Velasquez, El Salvador

Name: For Febe Elisabeth Velasquez, El Salvador
Rating: 7.0

Not Rated

Starring: Catherine Deneuve

Writer: N/A

Release Date:
February 19, 1991

Ratings:
7.0 / 10

Director:
Chantal Akerman

Companies:
N/A

Overview

Commissioned by Amnesty International for its TV program Ecrire contre l’oubli (Write Against Oblivion), Akerman’s contribution in the form of a poem is dedicated to Febe Elisabeth Velasquez, an El Salvadorian trade unionist and mother of three, murdered by the US-backed junta. Deneuve emerges from the calm of a Parisian night to deliver a heartfelt plea for remembrance of Febe Elisabeth’s too short life. Sonia Wieder-Atherton’s cello weeps appropriately.

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