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The 25th London Latin American Film Festival opens this month, with three venues in and around Fitzrovia taking part. Cinemagoers get free entry to all films screened as part of the festival in London, which showcases the best of new Latin American cinema. The Bolivar Hall, the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), and …
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The Embassy of Venezuela in Grafton Way is hosting a film festival which will feature a free showing on almost every Tuesday of 2014. Dubbed The Boliwood Film Festival (after Simon Bolivar) it is organised by the embassy to promote Venezuelan cinema to a wider audience. The festival will be launched this coming Tuesday 21 …
By Jess Owen In 1810 Simon Bolivar arrived in London as a delegate from the newly established junta of Caracas. Their base was the house of Francisco de Miranda at 58 Grafton Way. Aware of British naval power, the revolutionary government wished to assure the dominant regional powers that they would not upset the 'status …
