A Talk with Filmmaker Alexandra Cuesta
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Alexandra Cuesta’s work combines experimental film traditions and documentary practices. She commences from the public sphere and explores poetic and subjective representations of reality. Social structures, instances of displacement, and cultural diasporas, are some of the recurring concerning present in her work. For her visit to OSU, she will present a selection of her short films. Her work has previously screened at venues including the New York Film Festival, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Viennale International Film Festival, Centre Pompidou, Palacio Nacional de Bellas Artes in Mexico City, FIDMarseille, Bienal de Cuenca, Habana Film Festival, and BFI Film Festival, London.
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