Ariel Dorfman
Description
Forced to flee Chile after the military coup in 1973, Ariel Dorfman has focused his writing on the trials of tyranny and exile. This program looks at how he has fought for human rights as a novelist, playwright, essayist, journalist, and professor of literature and Latin American studies. Many of the works of this multi-genre author are examined, including Death and the Maiden, his successful play which was turned into an international film by Academy Award-winning director Roman Polanski.
Runtime
25 min
Subjects
Contributor
Geography
Genre
Date of Publication
[2005], c2004
Database
Films on Demand
Direct Link
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