The Secretariat of Studies of the School of Cinematography and Audiovisual of the Community of Madrid (ECAM) has informed the students that they have decided “dispense with” of collaboration as teacher of the director of photography Rafa Roche. “ECAM will not tolerate attitudes that perpetuate sexist behavior and the school’s response will be, in all cases, the immediate cessation of collaboration,” says an email addressed to the students to whom it has had access. Public.
The students had been “already reporting behavior and sexist and humiliating attitudes in general” during classes by Roche, but it was not until a few days ago that his behavior was discussed again.
His name has been in the spotlight after Inma Castañón responded to the director of photography from an Instagram account, after he said that during a shoot it occurred to him to “hit on a videoassist“and she denounced him. Castañón, who has confessed to being that one”videoassist“le has denied and has stated that he “never” reported himbut he informed his superiors of his discomfort, after Roche wrote to him “some disgusting messages” in which he insisted that he “not tell anyone.” Later, Castañón related in the publication that “the responsibility of firing him fell on her”: “They told me that if I felt very uncomfortable that they would fire him, but that I should keep in mind that the project would stop,” she wrote on the social network. Instagram.
Roche, for his part, has also given an explanation about his attitudes on his Instagram account, where he has acknowledged that “His actions are neither ethical nor defensible” and that he himself realizes it. “In therapy I have learned to take charge of my actions,” he says.
“During filming I apologized to my partner personally and now I want to do it publicly. After more than 45 years of career, it is my first and only stain on my professional history. I regret and am ashamed of it, but it is something I did at a time in my life when I was not well. Unfortunately, I am an alcoholic and at that time I was at the height of the illness,” he continues.
“My last apologies are addressed to all my colleagues for the damage caused to the profession and its image. Of course also to all the women who work in this sector“, concludes Roche.
ECAM students – former Roche students – however, insist Public in that these are behaviors that have also happened in their classes.
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