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Casa Am\u00e9rica<\/strong> will be screening next Tuesday at 6.30 pm in its Iberia cinema the film Mercedes Sosa: La voz de Latinoam\u00e9rica<\/em><\/strong> (Rodrigo H. Vila, 2013). Free admission up to 70 seats.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n This cycle is part of the parallel programming around the exhibition Latina: woman, music and glamour at Gladys Palmera,<\/em><\/strong> organized by Casa de Am\u00e9rica and Gladys Palmera, and takes place within the framework of the cycle Latina on stage, <\/em><\/strong>celebrating, through three iconic works the femininity and struggle for women\u2019s autonomy at different times.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Mercedes Sosa, the voice of Latin America<\/em> is an intimate journey into the world of Mercedes Sosa, the woman, the artist, the activist, while Victims of Sin<\/em> (1951), with the rumbera Nin\u00f3n Sevilla,<\/strong> immerses in the vibrant world of cabaret, where the protagonist fights for her dignity in an adverse environment. To close, the documentary by Mar\u00eda Jos\u00e9 Cuevas<\/strong> Bellas de noche<\/em> (2016), awarded Best Film at the Morelia Festival, revisits the lives of the stars who reigned in Mexico\u2019s nightlife, revealing the complexity of their legacy beyond the show. Three looks and the same axis: women as owners of their history.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In the first film dedicated to the Argentine singer and activist, it is told how when folk singer Mercedes Sosa died in 2009, Latin America lost a great voice on stage, but above all lost a courageous voice in protests against injustices. Mercedes, a member of the Manifiesto del Nuevo Cancionero, received many death threats and was exiled by the military regime in the 1980s. In this portrait of Sosa, his son Fabi\u00e1n explores the legacy of his mother while talking to family, friends, colleagues, visiting the most emblematic places of his life, at the same time as the viewer sees the interviews, performances and more personal memories.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Casa Am\u00e9rica will be screening the film Mercedes Sosa: The Voice of Latin America next Tuesday at 6.30 pm in its Iberia cinema.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":204,"featured_media":114916,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":null,"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"view_counter_number":"0","share_counter_number":"0","like_counter_number":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"jnews_post_split":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[176,180],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-114918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-leisure","category-movies"],"yoast_head":"\n