Cumbia & Diaspora : Film + Talk - "I'm No Longer Here" (2019) + Moses Iten (DJ + Academic)

Join us for a screening of the award-winning film 'I'm No Longer Here' Introduced by DJ and Academic DJ Moses Iten. This event is IN PERSON however we'll also have a ONLINE ZOOM LINK for the introduction + chat (not the film itself)

"Ya no estoy aquí" (I'm No Longer Here) is set in Monterrey, Mexico, as a young street gang spends their days dancing to slowed-down cumbia and attending parties. After a mix-up with a local cartel, their leader is forced to migrate to the U.S. but quickly longs to return home.

The film will be introduced by DJ, Academic and researcher Moses Iten who will use his research to place the film in a wider cultural context of the cumbia musical diaspora.

View the Trailer here:

6:30pm - 9:30pm
 7th of October (Monday Week 10)
 Haydon-Allen Lecture Theatre, Australian National University

MOSES ITEN

Moses Iten is a PhD candidate in the School of Media & Communication at RMIT in Melbourne, Australia. Researcher of Digital Cumbia music through fieldwork in Berlin, Buenos Aires, Bogota, several Mexican cities, and online.Has 15+ years practice as a DJ/music producer, and with his Cumbia Cosmonauts project has toured every continent. Co-founder of the Cumbia Massive DJ collective. Award-winning producer of radio documentaries. Assisted in translation of the oral history book ‘Ojos Suaves/Soft Eyes: Sound System Cumbia from Mexico to the World’ by Mirjam Wirz. Holds a Master of Community Cultural Development (University of Melbourne), and a BA in Communication (Journalism) & International Studies (Mexico) (University of Technology, Sydney).

This event is brought to you by ANU Latin America Week and Clandestino Canberra and is supported by Association of Iberian and Latin American Studies of Australasia (AILASA)

Listen to director Fernando Frías de la Parra, joined by cinema legends Guillermo Del Toro and Alfonso Cuarón, in a discussion about how music and dance served as a foundation for the cultural identity of the characters in his film. The three Mexican directors discuss creating authenticity on set and telling unique stories for the world to see:

Listen to MOSES ITEN'S Cumbia + Bass DJ Set below: