Name: Venezuela at the CBA: Screening and Book Presentation
Start: 2022-12-07T18:30:00-05:00
End: 2022-12-07T20:00:00-05:00
Location: Center For Book Arts

Venezuela at the CBA: Screening and Book Presentation

Carlos P. Beltran & Humanitarian Action Org

Join us in New York City for an evening with the authors of a Venezuelan PhotoBook, a short Documentary Screening, and wine!

Center For Book Arts

<a href="https://centerforbookarts.org/events" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">T﻿he Center for Book Arts</a> is hosting a small, private event in New York City with the authors and designer of <a href="https://www.suddenlyproject.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">&quot;It Suddenly Occurred To Me,&quot;</a> an experimental biography on Venezuela by Emmy-nominated journalist Carlos P. Beltran, and poet, Yadira Silva. Designed by award-winning book designer, Faride Mereb, the photo-book explores the socio-economic struggles of an entire nation through the photojournalism work of Carlos P. Beltran (2009-2014) and texts from Yadira Silva—some of them written from within Venezuelan prisons more than 30 years ago.T﻿he 2012 short documentary <a href="https://youtu.be/WsnUN04B-BI" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">&quot;Voluntad &amp; Paz&quot;</a> (Best Short at Sonoma International Film Festival) will be screened. The work tells the story of three former convicts as they cope with their freedom in Venezuela; it features the life of Yadira Silva, co-author of the photo-book &quot;It Suddenly Occurred To Me.&quot;W﻿ine and Venezuelan hors d&#x27;oeuvres courtesy of Michelin Guide winner <a href="https://www.casaoranyc.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">CASA ORA. </a>6:30pm - Doors open.6:45pm - Short Documentary screening.7﻿:15pm - Conversation with Carlos P. Beltran, Yadira Silva, Faride Mereb. Moderated by writer and journalist Ruben Machaen.8﻿:00pm - Event ends.Due to limited space, please RSVP only if you can attend, and cancel promptly if plans change so others can attend instead. Please arrive on time.T﻿he book &quot;It Suddenly Occurred To Me&quot; will be available for sale on-site. All proceeds going to the work of <a href="https://humanitarianactionorg.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">HUMANITARIAN ACTION ORG</a>, a non-profit offering aid to Venezuelan refugees in the US and abroad.

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