Film Series: Celebrating Cinema from Latin America (Spring 2023)
MIRIAM LIES (MIRIAM MIENTE)
NATALIA CABRAL, ORIOL ESTRADA / SPAIN, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC / 2018 / 90 MIN
Film Discussion: Thursday, March 23, 2023 • 5 to 6:15 PM
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Miriam Miente Streaming Dates: Friday, March 17 – Friday, March 31
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Discussion will be led by Molly Monet-Viera, Master Lecturer in Spanish in the Department of Romance Studies at Boston University. Monet-Viera completed her PhD at Yale University, and since 2011 she has been teaching all levels of Spanish language and culture at Boston University. Her current interests include teacher training, hybrid and differentiated learning, and intercultural competence.
SECRETS FROM PUTUMAYO (SEGREDOS DO PUTUMAYO)
AURÉLIO MICHILES / BRAZIL / 2020 / 83 MIN
Film Discussion: Tuesday, March 28, 2023 • 2 to 3:15 PM
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Streaming Dates: Wednesday, March 22 – Wednesday, March 29
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Discussion will be led by Célia Bianconi, Master Lecturer and the head of the Portuguese Language Program at Boston University. Dr. Bianconi teaches courses on Portuguese language and Brazilian culture. She holds a PhD in Educational Studies from Lesley University. Her main research and publications are devoted to teaching and learning of Portuguese as a foreign language in the United States.
EMA
PABLO LARRAÍN / CHILE / 2019 / 102 MIN
Film Discussion: Thursday, April 13, 2o23 • 5 to 6:15 PM
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Ema Streaming Dates: Friday, April 7 – Friday, April 14
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Discussion will be led by José Quispe, a Graduate Student in the Department of Romance Studies at Boston University. José holds a BA in Psychology and a MA in Hispanic American Literature from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. He is currently researching the relationship between desire, body and writing in the poetic work of Spanish and Latin American queer writers of the mid-twentieth century, with special emphasis on their confluences and legacies.
THE ROSE SELLER (LA VENDEDORA DE ROSAS)
VICTOR GAVIRIA / COLOMBIA / 1998 / 115 MIN
Film Discussion: Thursday, April 20, 2023 • 5 to 6:15 PM
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La vendedora de rosas Streaming Dates: Friday, April 14 – Friday, April 21
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Discussion will be led by Rosana Hernández, a Graduate Student in the Department of Romance Studies and a Graduate Writing Fellow in the Writing Program at Boston University. Rosana holds BAs in Hispanic Philology, Communication, and Political Science from the University of Salamanca (Spain). Her research interests include 20th and 21st century Latin American literature, particularly the representation of extractive economies in narrative; literary theory; and cinema.
NUDO MIXTECO (NUDO MIXTECO)
ÁNGELES CRUZ / MEXICO / 2021 / 91 MIN
Film Discussion: Thursday, April 27, 2023 • 2 to 2:15 PM
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Nudo Mixteco Streaming Dates: Friday, April 21 – Friday, April 28
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Discussion will be led by Tijana Cupic, a Graduate Student in the Department of Romance Studies at Boston University. Tijana holds a BA in Spanish Language, Hispanic Literatures & Cultures, and two MAs in Language, Literature & Culture (University of Belgrade) and in Learning and Teaching Spanish (University of Deusto, Pompeu Fabra University, University of Barcelona and Free University of Berlin). Her research interests include contemporary Latin American culture as well as visual studies and gender studies, with a focus on narcoculture and its politics of representation and instrumentalization of women on screen and in media.
