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Oedipus Mayor
''Oedipus Mayor '' ( es, Edipo alcalde) is a 1996 Colombian tragedy film, produced by Tomás Zapata and Jorge Sánchez, directed by Jorge Alí Triana. Set in strife-ridden, 20th-century Colombia, the film is a modern-day interpretation of Sophocles' classical Greek tragedy ''Oedipus Rex''. The film was selected as the Colombian entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Best Foreign Language Film at the 69th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Plot Set amidst the rebel wars (representing the Theban plagues) of contemporary Colombia, young Mayor Oedipus, Edipo must mediate a peace deal between conflicting guerrilla groups and the army. It is raining when he leaves. His journey is interrupted when he gets into a shoot-out on a lonely bridge. Returning fire, Oedipus, Edipo somehow escapes. As soon as he gets to town he hears that a prominent leader Laius, Layo was brutally slain. No ...
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Jorge Alí Triana
Jorge Ali Triana Varon (born April 4, 1942 in Bogotá, Colombia) is a Colombian theatre director and film director. He studied theater and film in Czechoslovakia and in Berlin. It is one of the founders of the Popular Theater of Bogota in 1967, starting as theatre director, directing more than 50 works. With the TPB, he won several awards that have established him as one of the most important directors in the country. He has also participated in various theater festivals and has directed TV specials, as well as some series of "Revivamos nuestra historia" ("Relive Our History."). He directed over 30 TV series episodes and several short TV films. Filmography Films *1985: Time to Die *1996: Oedipus Mayor *2002: Bolívar Soy Yo *2007: Esto huele mal Television * ''Las cuatro edades del amor'' (1980) * ''Bolívar, el hombre de las dificultades'' (1981) * ''El cuento del domingo'' (1980) * ''El Cristo de espaldas'' (1987), TV adaptation of the novel by Eduardo Caballero Calderón * ...
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Jocasta
In Greek mythology, Jocasta (), also rendered Iocaste ( grc, Ἰοκάστη ) and also known as Epicaste (; ), was a daughter of Menoeceus, a descendant of the Spartoi Echion, and queen consort of Thebes. She was the wife of first Laius, then of their son Oedipus, and both mother and grandmother of Antigone, Eteocles, Polynices and Ismene. She was also sister of Creon and mother-in-law of Haimon. Life After his abduction and rape of Chrysippus, Laius married Jocasta. Laius received an oracle from Delphi which told him that he must not have a child with his wife, or the child would kill him and marry her; in another version, recorded by Aeschylus, Laius is warned that he can only save the city if he dies childless. One night, Laius became drunk and fathered Oedipus with Jocasta. Jocasta handed the newborn infant over to Laius. Jocasta or Laius pierced and pinned the infant's ankles together. Laius instructed his chief shepherd, Menoetes (not to be confused with Menoetes ...
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Héctor Rivas
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Alfonso Ortiz
Alfonso Alex Ortiz (April 30, 1939 Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo, New Mexico – January 26, 1997) was a Native American cultural anthropologist. Life Ortiz graduated from the University of New Mexico in 1961, and from the University of Chicago with a master's degree and a Ph.D. in anthropology. He taught at University of California at Los Angeles, Colorado College, Pitzer College and Princeton University, and at the University of New Mexico. He was president of the Association on American Indian Affairs. His San Juan Pueblo, Oral History tapes and papers are held at Princeton. Legacy In 1999, the National Endowment for the Humanities issued a grant for the University of New Mexico to establish the Alfonso Ortiz Center for Intercultural Studies. Awards * 1975 Guggenheim Fellowship * 1982 MacArthur Fellows Program Works * * ''New Perspectives on the Pueblos'', University of New Mexico Press, 1972 * ''Handbook of North American Indians'' (volumes 9 and 10, Smithsonian Institution, 1 ...
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Magali Caicedo
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