On September 11th and 12th the Anna Lindh Foundation organized the EuroMed Women for Dialogue Forum in Amman, Jordan – a regional event whose aim is to highlight the active role of women in promoting intercultural dialogue and counter the gender stereotypes which still hinder their image and potential. The forum was organized under the patronage of Princess Rym Ali.
During the event the CMCA screened Carmen, a documentary by German director Natalia Preston. It was shown at the Royal Film Commission on September 11th. The film had competed in last year’s PriMed, the Festival of the Mediterranean in Images, in the Audience Award category.
Carmen is a poignant, heartfelt love story – a woman follows her heart from Venezuela to Madrid, but finds only harsh reality. The man she followed has gone, her days are long, lonely and hard. She makes her living by singing in the subway stations in Madrid. The urban underground becomes her world, the music of Venezuela her faithful companion. Carmen shares her hopes and her songs with passers-by. The melodies takes her back to memories of her children, an unattainable love and the life she left behind in Venezuela. Despite the hardship and the heartache, the love she feels through the music gives her strength and dignity, motivating her to be an example, an ambassador of humanity to those who cross her path.
