For Febe Elisabeth Velasquez, El Salvador poster

For Febe Elisabeth Velasquez, El Salvador(1991)

Name: For Febe Elisabeth Velasquez, El Salvador
Director: Chantal Akerman
Released: 1991-01-01
Duration: 4 min
Cast: Catherine Deneuve

Catherine Deneuve

Commissioned by Amnesty International for its TV program Ecrire contre l’oubli (Write Against Oblivion), Akerman’s contribution in the form of a poem is dedicated to Febe Elisabeth Velasquez, an El Salvadorian trade unionist and mother of three, murdered by the US-backed junta. Deneuve emerges from the calm of a Parisian night to deliver a heartfelt plea for remembrance of Febe Elisabeth’s too short life. Sonia Wieder-Atherton’s cello weeps appropriately.