Roque Dalton, ¡Fusilemos La Noche! (Let's shoot the night)

The Australian National Centre for Latin American Studies and the El Salvador Australia Friendship Association present: ROQUE DALTON, ¡FUSILEMOS LA NOCHE! (LET'S SHOOT THE NIGHT) Directed by Tina Leisch 6.30pm for 7pm screening, Friday 27th February Haydon Allen Lecture Theatre (The Tank), ANU Entry: $ 10 Roque Dalton, ¡Fusilemos la noche! (Let's shoot the night) is a poetic documentary, a manifesto both for reading poetry and for living a life that takes responsibility for the state of the world. Roque Dalton (1935-1975) is El Salvador's most important poet. His life is an adventure, his poetry an exciting shower of sparks between political utopia and sensuality, revolutionary beliefs and lust for heresy. As playful as Roque Dalton’s poetry, this film interweaves interviews with his family, friends, lovers and contemporaries with touching readings of his works by students, actors, prostitutes, prisoners, famous friends and the children of the underprivileged protagonists of his works. Tina Leisch biography Tina Leisch is a Viennese film and theatre director and author, well known for her experimental theatre projects. She developed the play « Irrgelichter im Spiegelgrund » with patients of the notorious Steinhof psychiatric hospital in Vienna. She wrote and staged the play “Elf Seelen für einen Ochsen – enajs dus za enega vola”, dealing with the anti-Nazi struggle of Carinthian partisans in World War II. She won the Nestroy Prize, Austria’s most important theatre award, for her staging of George Tabori’s « Mein Kampf ». Since 2004 she has been developing plays with inmates of prisons. « Gangster Girls », her first feature length documentary, won a Special Mention in the 2008 Viennale. And « Dagegen muss ich etwas tun » portrays the resistance fighter Hilde Zimmermann. Trailer and more information please visit: www.roquedalton.at. Refreshments will be available prior to the film screening. Proceeds will go towards copyright fees and expenses. For bookings please call: Bernardo 0401077384 Aristides 0438716075