The Unipop season continues at the Atmosphère cinema in Capdenac-Gare with a new event on Monday, April 20, featuring a live conference and film screening. The evening will start at 6:30 pm with the live broadcast of a conference titled “The Mayans and the myth of collapse,” led by Chloe Andrieu, an archaeologist and researcher at CNRS. She will delve into the often romanticized representations of the Mayan civilization. From abandoned cities to archaeological mysteries and tales of collapse, these images have fueled collective imagination for centuries. The speaker will provide a scientific perspective to debunk these misconceptions and shed light on a rich and still vibrant culture, whose lifestyles and contemporary struggles resonate today.
At 8:30 pm, the evening will continue with the screening of the film “Ixcanul,” directed by Jayro Bustamante. This Guatemalan feature film follows Maria, a 17-year-old Maya living with her parents on the slopes of a volcano, in a coffee plantation. Promised in an arranged marriage, she dreams of a different fate. The audience can ask questions to the speaker via SMS during the conference. Organized by L’Astrolabe, in partnership with the Jean Eustache cinema in Pessac, this program is part of the “Unipop from city to city” initiative, which allows live university lectures to be followed from cinema halls in the region. The admission fee is a flat rate of 5.5 euros.
