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Lost & Found: THE MEMORY OF THE BUTTERFLIES

THE MEMORY OF BUTTERFLIES / LA MEMORIA DE LAS MARIPOSAS
(Tatiana Fuentes Sadowski, Peru/Portugal, 2025, 77 min. In Spanish and Murui Huitoto with English subtitles)
U.S. Premiere

The Memory of Butterflies begins with a single archival image of two Indigenous men, Omarino and Aredomi, taken from the Amazon to Europe during the rubber boom—and unfolds into a haunting, deeply personal exploration of history, memory, and colonial violence. Blending archival materials with hand-processed imagery and contemporary encounters, the powerful and evocative debut feature by Tatiana Fuentes Sadowski moves between past and present to question official narratives and recover voices long erased. At once an act of investigation and a cinematic invocation, it opens a space where the living and the dead remain in dialogue.

Preceded by LA HUELLA (Tatiana Fuentes Sadowski, France, 2012, 18 min.) Using a photographic archive and forensic testimony, the film explores the lasting traces of Peru’s civil war.

Guest programmed by Andrea Avidad. 

Wednesday, June 17, 7pm
Anthology Film Archives
32 Second Avenue (at 2nd St.)

Source:: https://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/film_screenings/series/59363
Earlier Event: May 29
Theatrical Release of THE CURRENTS
 

 
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Cinema Tropical's programs are made possible with the support of the New York State Council on the Arts.
They are also supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
in partnership with the City Council, the Color Congress, and the Vilcek Foundation.