Screening of ‘Roma’ on the occasion of the 100th Anniversary of the International Labour Organization.
By Alfonso Cuarón, Oscar 2019 for best director
Oscar 2019 for best cinematography
Oscar 2019 for best Foreign Language Film
Roma follows a young domestic worker for a family in Mexico City’s middle-class Roma neighbourhood. Delivering an artful love letter to the women who raised him, Cuarón draws on his own childhood to create a vivid and emotional portrait of domestic strife and social hierarchy amidst Mexico’s political turmoil of the 1970s. Roma won the Venice Golden Lion, 3 Golden Globes, 4 Bafta and 10 nominations for the upcoming Oscars.
Opening by M. Martin Murphy, Director, Department of Communication and Public Information, International Labour Organization and Ms. Alessandra Vellucci, Director, UN Information Service (Geneva)
The screening was followed by a discussion with:
- Ms Yalitza Aparicio, Main actress of the movie and nominee for the Oscar 2019
- Ms Marcelina Bautista, Secretary General, The National Union of Workers and Domestic Workers, Mexico
- Ms Claire Hobden, International Labour Organization
- Moderator, Ms Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director, Division of Conference Management, UN Geneva
Presented in collaboration with the International Labour Organization and International Gender Champion Geneva:
