Radio La Califata [2004]
Available digitallyHU_OSA_00002434
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Original Title
Radio La Califata
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Language
Spanish; Castilian
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Language of Subtitles
English Italian
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Published
Italy, 2004.
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Physical Description
DVD-ROM (33 min.)
Contents Summary
Why the patients of the Clinic for mental diseases in Buenos Aires re-elected Carlos Mehnem for a president without liking him? A documentary on the 2003 presidential elections in Argentine. IN April 2003 Radio La Colifata has organized mock "presidential elections" in a mental clinic in Buenos Airesfor just a day before the official ones. Radio La Colifata, which in Buenos Aires slang means Crazy Radio - was the first radio show in the world to broadcast live from a mental hospital. The founder of the radio, psychologist Alfredo Olivera, had started to use a simple small dictaphone as a speech therapy. More than mere therapy, the show has proven popular with an estimated 12 million listeners. Away from the media limelight, the hospital says the show has had great therapeutic results. Saturday afternoon in Buenos Aires: tucked away behind the towering, prison-like Jose Borda psychiatric hospital, a large group of people is gathering. The Radio La Colifata team are now organizing their own presidential elections. The film provides an idiosyncratic look at the origins of democracy from inside a mental hospital where the patients do not have civil rights to vote. It is a documentary on the meaning of choice, free will and civil rights albeit cast in a grotesque and almost absurd light.
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Duration: 00:33:00
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| Item Type | Current Location | Collection | Call Number | Volume Info | Shelving Location | Public Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DVD-ROM | OSA Film Library | OSA Film Library | - | - | - | - |
| DIGIFILM | OSA Film Library | OSA Film Library | FL Record 0712 | - | Audio Visual | Access Copy, MP4 format |
Radio La Califata [2004]
Available digitallyHU_OSA_00002434
Moving ImageGeneral Information
Director/Creator
General Information
Original Title
Radio La Califata
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Language
Spanish; Castilian
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Language of Subtitles
English Italian
General Information
Published
Italy, 2004.
General Information
Physical Description
DVD-ROM (33 min.)
Contents Summary
Why the patients of the Clinic for mental diseases in Buenos Aires re-elected Carlos Mehnem for a president without liking him? A documentary on the 2003 presidential elections in Argentine. IN April 2003 Radio La Colifata has organized mock "presidential elections" in a mental clinic in Buenos Airesfor just a day before the official ones. Radio La Colifata, which in Buenos Aires slang means Crazy Radio - was the first radio show in the world to broadcast live from a mental hospital. The founder of the radio, psychologist Alfredo Olivera, had started to use a simple small dictaphone as a speech therapy. More than mere therapy, the show has proven popular with an estimated 12 million listeners. Away from the media limelight, the hospital says the show has had great therapeutic results. Saturday afternoon in Buenos Aires: tucked away behind the towering, prison-like Jose Borda psychiatric hospital, a large group of people is gathering. The Radio La Colifata team are now organizing their own presidential elections. The film provides an idiosyncratic look at the origins of democracy from inside a mental hospital where the patients do not have civil rights to vote. It is a documentary on the meaning of choice, free will and civil rights albeit cast in a grotesque and almost absurd light.
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Bibliographic Information
Note
Duration: 00:33:00
Holdings
DVD
Item Type
DVD
Current Location
OSA Film Library
Current Location
OSA Film Library
Call Number
-
Volume Info
-
Shelving Location
-
Public Note
-
Digital Film