Diana: The Rose Conspiracy

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Diana, The Rose Conspiracy is a 2005 short film directed by Uruguayan media artist Martin Sastre. [1] It depicts a day when the world discovers that Diana, Princess of Wales, did not die in Paris and has a new undercover life in a dangerous cantegril on the outskirts of Montevideo, Uruguay. [2] The film was shot in a real Uruguayan slum along with other parts of Montevideo. It stars a Diana impersonator, an English teacher from Sao Paulo named Denise Watson. It was selected as one of the best works by the Italian Art Critics Association at the Venice Biennale. [3] After the first public screening the film provoked false media headlines about Diana being alive in Uruguay. [4] This film can only be seen in museums such as the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City, private collections and other art spaces.

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References

  1. Bravo, Issues 107-112. D'Avila Comunicações Ltda. 2006. p. 19.
  2. "Vídeo do artista Martín Sastre revive Lady Di em favela uruguaia". Terra (in Portuguese). August 24, 2005. Retrieved September 7, 2013.
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