The Spectre of Hope
with Sebastiao Salgado and John Berger

Publisher:  Icarus Films, USA
Year First Published:  {53064 The Spectre of Hope SPECTRE OF HOPE with Sebastiao Salgado and John Berger Carlin, Paul Icarus Films USA In THE SPECTRE OF HOPE, Sebastião Salgado joins Berger to pore over Salgado's collection "Migrations." Six years and 43 countries in the making (ranging across Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe and Latin America), "Migrations" contains photographs of people pushed from their homes and traditions to cities and their margins -- slums and streets and refugee camps. <br>Sitting at the kitchen table of Berger's home in Quincy, a village in the Swiss Alps, their intimate conversation, intercut with photographs from "Migrations," combines a discussion of Salgado's work with a critique of globalization, and a wide-ranging investigation of the power of the image. 2001 2012 FLM Film/Video CX23208 0 false true false CX23208.htm [] Cx}
Year Published:  2012
Resource Type:  Film/Video
Cx Number:  CX23208

In THE SPECTRE OF HOPE, Sebastião Salgado joins Berger to pore over Salgado's collection "Migrations." Six years and 43 countries in the making (ranging across Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe and Latin America), "Migrations" contains photographs of people pushed from their homes and traditions to cities and their margins -- slums and streets and refugee camps.
Sitting at the kitchen table of Berger's home in Quincy, a village in the Swiss Alps, their intimate conversation, intercut with photographs from "Migrations," combines a discussion of Salgado's work with a critique of globalization, and a wide-ranging investigation of the power of the image.