Warwick welcomes Julie Christie for special evening of poetry and film

The University of Warwick Centre for Modern Languages is hosting a special evening of poetry and film to mark the launch of a new research project Chilean Exiles and World University Service (WUS) on 25 May 2017 at 18:00 in the Warwick Arts Centre cinema. The special screening of Cold Harbour (Stephen Frears, 1978) will feature readings by critically acclaimed British actress Julie Christie ( Darling, Away From Her, McCabe and Mrs Miller, Afterglow ) and Producer Rosa Bosch (Buena Vista Social Club, Lost in La Mancha) . Together they will read poems by Pablo Neruda and Nicolás Guillén. Julie Christie said, "I am proud to be part of this event to launch the Chilean exiles project, with readings by the great Chilean poet Pablo Neruda. It is a reminder of how many people in Britain responded in the 1970s to refugees fleeing from oppression. It is sad to think that, as a country, we are no longer so open to many others seeking refuge from violence and imprisonment today." Journalist and forensic expert Duncan Campbell and scriptwriter Peter Prince will introduce the film , which tells the story of Tina, who is stranded in a new country and is in need of refuge and friends. She gets help, but events do not turn out quite as expected.