Travels ontheglobe: Peru: The Machu Picchu Story
July 7, 2009
ontheglobe.com and CinemaSpace at the Segal Centre for Performing Arts present
Travels ontheglobe
Peru: The Machu Picchu Story
Date: Tuesday, July 7th, 2009, 7:30PM
Tickets: $8/$6 students/seniors (65+). Seating is limited. Please reserve your seats in advance by calling the Segal Centre box office at 514-739-7944. Tickets also available at Admission.com
Address: CinemaSpace at the Segal Centre, 5170 Cote St. Catherine, corner Westbury. 2 blocks West of Métro Côte-Sainte-Catherine.
Andrew Princz (left), travel journalist and cultural navigator dancing at the Abuja Carnival, Nigeria. (Image by Jura Nanuk)
ontheglobe.com and CinemaSpace at the Segal Centre for Performing Arts present Travels ontheglobe, a series of illustrated talks hosted by cultural navigator Andrew Princz, who takes you around the globe. From the towering peaks of the mysterious Peruvian Inca settlement of Machu Picchu to dancing on the outskirts of the Angolan capital of Luanda; from the Jordanian deserts where Lawrence of Arabia fought alongside Bedouin tribes, to the discovery of the real Kazakhstan and its beautiful mountainous terrain, gorges and archeological sites.
This series gives you the opportunity to travel without stepping out of your environment and offer viewers first-hand insight into the countries, cultures and peoples of the globe. Each presentation is illustrated by photographs of a real-life journey which will be followed by a film from the country that we talk about.
Your host Andrew Princz of ontheglobe.com has traveled to over fifty countries and has been published in international publications including CNN Traveller, the Wall Street Journal and is a contributor to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) program Dispatches. He is also the author of numerous travel guides including Frommers Budapest and the Best of Hungary.
Peru: The Machu Picchu Story
A journey that takes us to the highest reaches of the Andean nation of Peru to the towering Inca mountain settlement of Machu Picchu, the archeological icon of this country.
We travel the very journey of American explorer Hiram Bingham almost a century ago when he re-discovered the long-lost city of the Inca Empire perched twenty-four hundred meters above sea level.
The presentation will discuss the contemporary debates associated with the site including the dispute between Yale University and the Peruvian government over the forty-some thousand objects removed from Machu Picchu by the American explorer - objects which to this day remain housed at Yale University. Peru wants them back.
We will gain first-hand insight from interviews with a Yale University archeologist and emminent scholar of Machu Picchu, as well as the head of Peru's Instituto Nacional de Cultura. This journey leads us to uncover the many myths and tales that surround Machu Picchu. We even find out how Bingham himself contributed to creating these myths, and we uncover how the crushing defeat of the Inca at the hands of the conquering Spanish had a lasting effect on indigenous populations. An effect that continues to be felt.
Film to be screened:
The Canadian premiere of the award-winning film Danzak (dir. by Gabriela Yepes, 20 mins, Peru, 2008, Spanish and Quechua with English subtitles)
Nina is a 10 year old girl whose life dramatically changes when her father and Scissor Dancer master asks her to fulfill his last wish. Inspired on a short story by Peruvian writer Jose María Arguedas, the “Agony of Rasu Niti”. A beautifully shot film, this short is an insightful and poetic tale that reveals the mythical importance of dance and ritual in the lives of villagers in the high Andes.
Travels ontheglobe
Peru: The Machu Picchu Story
Date: Tuesday, July 7th, 2009, 7:30PM
Tickets: $8/$6 students/seniors (65+). Seating is limited. Please reserve your seats in advance by calling the Segal Centre box office at 514-739-7944. Tickets also available at Admission.com
Address: CinemaSpace at the Segal Centre, 5170 Cote St. Catherine, corner Westbury. 2 blocks West of Métro Côte-Sainte-Catherine.
Andrew Princz (left), travel journalist and cultural navigator dancing at the Abuja Carnival, Nigeria. (Image by Jura Nanuk)
ontheglobe.com and CinemaSpace at the Segal Centre for Performing Arts present Travels ontheglobe, a series of illustrated talks hosted by cultural navigator Andrew Princz, who takes you around the globe. From the towering peaks of the mysterious Peruvian Inca settlement of Machu Picchu to dancing on the outskirts of the Angolan capital of Luanda; from the Jordanian deserts where Lawrence of Arabia fought alongside Bedouin tribes, to the discovery of the real Kazakhstan and its beautiful mountainous terrain, gorges and archeological sites.
This series gives you the opportunity to travel without stepping out of your environment and offer viewers first-hand insight into the countries, cultures and peoples of the globe. Each presentation is illustrated by photographs of a real-life journey which will be followed by a film from the country that we talk about.
Your host Andrew Princz of ontheglobe.com has traveled to over fifty countries and has been published in international publications including CNN Traveller, the Wall Street Journal and is a contributor to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) program Dispatches. He is also the author of numerous travel guides including Frommers Budapest and the Best of Hungary.
Peru: The Machu Picchu Story
A journey that takes us to the highest reaches of the Andean nation of Peru to the towering Inca mountain settlement of Machu Picchu, the archeological icon of this country.
We travel the very journey of American explorer Hiram Bingham almost a century ago when he re-discovered the long-lost city of the Inca Empire perched twenty-four hundred meters above sea level.
The presentation will discuss the contemporary debates associated with the site including the dispute between Yale University and the Peruvian government over the forty-some thousand objects removed from Machu Picchu by the American explorer - objects which to this day remain housed at Yale University. Peru wants them back.
We will gain first-hand insight from interviews with a Yale University archeologist and emminent scholar of Machu Picchu, as well as the head of Peru's Instituto Nacional de Cultura. This journey leads us to uncover the many myths and tales that surround Machu Picchu. We even find out how Bingham himself contributed to creating these myths, and we uncover how the crushing defeat of the Inca at the hands of the conquering Spanish had a lasting effect on indigenous populations. An effect that continues to be felt.
Film to be screened:
The Canadian premiere of the award-winning film Danzak (dir. by Gabriela Yepes, 20 mins, Peru, 2008, Spanish and Quechua with English subtitles)
Nina is a 10 year old girl whose life dramatically changes when her father and Scissor Dancer master asks her to fulfill his last wish. Inspired on a short story by Peruvian writer Jose María Arguedas, the “Agony of Rasu Niti”. A beautifully shot film, this short is an insightful and poetic tale that reveals the mythical importance of dance and ritual in the lives of villagers in the high Andes.
Filmmaker Gabriela Yepes recently won the Emerging Filmmakers Showcase at the Cannes Film Festival for this production.
Read about other Travels ontheglobe events at CinemaSpace:
Kazakhstan: The Real Kazakhstan (August 4th, 2009)
Angola: Dancing in Luanda (September 1, 2009)
Read about other Travels ontheglobe events at CinemaSpace:
Kazakhstan: The Real Kazakhstan (August 4th, 2009)
Angola: Dancing in Luanda (September 1, 2009)
