{"id":6385,"date":"2012-08-27T10:34:14","date_gmt":"2012-08-27T14:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/?post_type=bates_events&p=6385"},"modified":"2012-09-18T15:44:50","modified_gmt":"2012-09-18T19:44:50","slug":"global-lens-the-finger","status":"publish","type":"bates_events","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/events\/global-lens-the-finger\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Lens – The Finger"},"content":{"rendered":"

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After seven years of dictatorship, a remote village in Argentina formally becomes a town with the birth of its 501st inhabitant. Hidalgo, a slick and ingratiating scion, is eager for the new post of mayor. Smelling a rat, Baldomero (a beloved natural leader with a habitually tapping digit) opposes him with his own candidacy\u2014and soon turns up dead.\u00a0 His shopkeeper brother vows revenge, keeping Baldomero\u2019s severed finger in a jar, initially as a remembrance, but eventually as an absurd icon of leadership that spurs the town to defy crooked elections, interloping powers and Hidalgo to go its own way. Based on real events, this charming dramatic comedy pokes fun at small town ways while celebrating true democratic values.<\/p>\n

Director: Sergio Teubal
\nArgentina \u00a0 | \u00a0 2011 \u00a0 | \u00a0 93 minutes
\nSpanish, with subtitles in English<\/div>\n

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\nAll screenings are open to the public and are free.<\/strong><\/div>\n
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The Bates College Museum of Art\u00a0presents GLOBAL LENS 2012 with support from by Politics, African-American Studies, and American cultural Studies<\/strong>. Organized by the Global Film Initiative, the series draws from cinematic talent across the planet, with a focus on Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America.\u00a0 Ten feature length films comprise the 2012 series.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Bates College Olin Arts Center<\/span>, Olin 104<\/span>
75 Russell Street<\/span>
Lewiston<\/span>, ME<\/span> 04240<\/span><\/div>","simple":"Olin 104 Bates College Olin Arts Center, Lewiston, ME, 04240"},"featured_image":{"url":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2012\/08\/The-Finger-500x500.jpg","id":6386},"structureddata":"