Postcards from Leningrad (Postales de Leningrado)

LSE Literary Festival film screening and discussion, in association with the Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

For the young narrator of Postcards from Leningrad, being born into a socialist uprising in 1960s Venezuela wasn't easy. She and her cousin Teo have learned how to live a clandestine life, making an ongoing game out of survival, with everything from code names and creative disguises to making themselves invisible and devising fantastic escape plans. A visual collage with playful animation and nostalgic footage of revolutionary youth, the film injects both humour and pathos into a story where wild fantasies, foggy memories, madness, white lies, and grief all mix seamlessly in a child's reality. Nominated by Venezuela for the 2008 Oscars and for Spain's 2008 Goyas.

The film will be shown in Spanish, with English subtitles.

The screening will be followed by a discussion of the film’s themes, including Q&A, with Grace Livingstone and Alvaro Sanchez.

Grace Livingstone is a journalist specializing in Latin American affairs. She was a reporter for The Guardian in Venezuela and has also worked for the BBC World Service, The Observer, The Statesman and The Tablet. She is the author of Inside Colombia: Drugs, Democracy and War (LAB, 2003) and the author of America’s Backyard: the United States and Latin America from the Monroe Doctrine to the War on Terror (Zed, 2009). Alvaro Sanchez is Counsellor at the Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

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