THE POINT OF CONTACT GALLERY
PRESENTED as part of the EYE ON CINEMA exhibit,
EL DIA QUE ME QUIERAS
(The Day That You'll Love Me)
A 30-minute Video Documentary by Leandro Katz
APRIL 7,8 & 9
LATE NIGHT RECEPTION WITH THE ARTIST : April 7, 10PM
914 East Genesee St., Syracuse, NY 13210
315.443.2169
EL DIA QUE ME QUIERAS: An investigation of death and the power of photography through a meditation on the last picture taken of Ernesto Che Guevara as he lay dead on a table, surrounded by his captors in Bolivia.The film is based on an interview with Freddy Alborta, his dramatic photos and his memories of that day in October of 1967.
Cinematography : Mark Daniels
Sound : Rob Taz
Music : David Darling
Direction and Montage : Leandro Katz
BiO:
Leandro Katz was one of the jurors of the 2006 Syracuse International Film & Video Festival.
A poet and visual artist born in Argentina, he has lived and worked in New York since 1965.
His films and photographic installations have been shown in museums throughout
Europe, Latin America and the United States,
including the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Museum of Modern Art
in New York. He has made 15 non-narrative and narrative films and published 18 books.
He has received fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation and the
National Endowment for the Arts, among others.
Katz has been a professor of film production and theory in the
College of Arts and Communication at William Paterson University since 1987.