An evening of film and conversation
Curated by Miguel Rey, PhD Researcher in Film Studies at Brunel University London

Thursday 21 November, 7 pm
at Brixton House Theatre, London

Produced by CASA as part of the Lines of Flight programme, in collaboration with Brixton House.

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Within Lines of Flight - where art is conceived less as a finished object and more as a process, a conversation, or a space of encounter—cinema becomes a site from which to rethink how we move, remember, and belong.

The first evening of Arrivals/Departures brings together films that trace the emotional and physical geographies shaped by displacement and connection, in dialogue with experiences and sensibilities linked to Latin America and its diasporas.

Through stories that move between departure and return, between loss, continuity, and reinvention, the programme reflects on belonging as something fluid and constantly negotiated: a fabric of affections connecting territories, times, and ways of inhabiting the world.

Programme

Elephant Families, a film by Elena Escalante | United Kingdom | 15mins | 2025
Time: 7.10pm

A wave of regeneration is hitting London’s working-class boroughs. South of the river, the demolition of Elephant & Castle’s shopping centre has uprooted the community who made it their own. As they navigate an uncertain future, they carry with them the legacy of a place that once felt like home.

In a Whisper, a film by Heidi Hassan and Patricia Pérez | Spain – France – Switzerland – Cuba | Auto-ethnographic documentary | 80mins | 2019
Time: 7.25pm

An intimate and revealing auto-ethnographic documentary about uprootedness, motherhood, love of film, friendship and freedom.

Two filmmakers who have been best friends since childhood, both part of the Cuban diaspora, share their intimate and emotional journey while they try to find themselves and each other in a foreign land.

Followed by a Q&A with Elena Escalante, Julia Reyes and Hellen Castro.

Tickets

Bookings are managed from Brixton House site