Fernando Solanas, Argentine Filmmaker and Politician, Dies at 84
#masthead-section-label, #masthead-bar-one { display: none }The Coronavirus OutbreakliveLatest UpdatesMaps and CasesC.D.C. Shortens Quarantine PeriodsVaccine TrackerFAQAdvertisementContinue reading the main storySupported byContinue reading the main storyThose We’ve LostFernando Solanas, Argentine Filmmaker and Politician, Dies at 84He helped propel a new wave of politically charged moviemaking and served as a lawmaker. He died of complications of the coronavirus.Ferdinand Solanas at a news conference in Geneva in 2004. A filmmaker-turned-politician, his best-known work was “Sur,” which won him a best director award at the Cannes Film Festival in 1988.Credit…Martial Trezzin/Keystone, via Associated PressBy More
