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countries with sevnt
tors from seven differe
en different cultures and
points of view? From
the Land to Your Table
is the first documentary of its kind in that
it shows the perspectives of seven majorly
talented filmmakers and
directors from all over
Latin America as they
and cultural diversity
capture the conditions
ts in their individrke
ma
of popular produce
ual countries.
sor
Hunter, associate profes
A talkback led by Gina
thropology,
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in the Department
will follow the film.
é Méndez, Carolina Navas,
Alejo Hoijman, Marcos Loayza, Josu
e Coira / Argentina, Bolivia,
Jorg
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Paola Vieira, Alejandra Szep
Spain / 107 min / 2009 /
Peru, Colombia, Brazil, Venezuela,
ara with English subtitles
Spanish, Portuguese, Galician, Aym
7 p.m.
er 24
Wednesday, Septemb
la yuma
ntally in the ocean’s
Santiago drowns accide
not pass peacefully
strong undertow, he can
urns after his death
to the other side. He ret
his body and bury it
to ask Miguel to look for
of the town. Miguel
according to the rituals
tencing Santiago to
must choose between sen
right by him and, in
eternal torment or doing
ationship to Mariela
turn, revealing their rel
and the entire village.
a’s directorial debut
Antonio Méndez Esparz
plex homecoming
com
radiantly captures the
ected take on
exp
un
of a loving father. In an
Pedro returns
ry,
sto
nt
the traditional immigra
n village in Guerrero,
home to a small mountai
Mexico, after years of
working in New York.
He finds his daughters
older and more distant
than he imagined; his
wife still has the same
smile. The villagers
think this year’s crop
will be bountiful, and
ng city nearby. But
there is work in a growi
life of insecurity, and
the locals are wise to a
of family members or
en
their thoughts are oft
north of the border.
opportunities faraway,
Toro-Morn, director of
A talkback led by Maura
ino/a studies program,
Latin American and Lat
.
film
will follow the
in, Mexico / 110
Antonio Méndez Esparza / USA, Spa
Spanish with English subtitles
7 p.m.
Wednesday, October 8
undertow
min / 2012 /
Lynd, assistant professor
A talkback led by Juliet
guages, Literatures, and
in the Department of Lan
.
film
the
Cultures, will follow
mbia, France, Germany
Javier Fuentes León / Perú, Colo
subtitles
min / 2010 / Spanish with English
7 p.m.
Wednesday, October 15
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even the ra
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(También la Lluvia
ael García Bernal)
Filmmaker Sebastián (G
and his cynical producer, Costa (Luis Tosar),
arrive in Cochabamba,
Bolivia, to make a film
about Columbus’ voyage
to the New World and
the subjugation of the
.
indigenous population
,
ins
beg
ing
Just as film
the natives face a crisis
privatizes the water
when the government
rocket. Daily protests
company and prices sky
n cast as a rebellious
erupt and the local ma
ef also becomes a
16th-century Taino chi
e protests. Spanish
leader in the water hik
Best Foreign-Lansubmission for the 2012
.
guage Academy Award
ngth feature in 20
Nicaragua’s first full-le
(Contracorriente)
story of a young
years, La Yuma tells the
young, and beloved
woman who dreams
Miguel is a handsome,
, a small fishing
of transcending her
fisherman in Cabo Blanco
of
village on the northern
bleak life in the slums
a
coast of Perú, where
Managua by becoming
the community has
boxer. Looking beyond
s
deep-rooted religious
the meager possibilitie
traditions. Miguel is
that seem available to
married to the beauher (and ignoring the
tiful Mariela, who is
advice of her gang-mem
7 months pregnant
ace and hope in her
ber friends), she finds sol
with their firstborn,
e with a middle-class
training and falls in lov
but Miguel harbors a
journalism student.
having a love affair
scandalous secret. He is
te student Heather
A talkback led by gradua
tiago, a painter who
film.
with another man, San
Carnahan will follow the
nsfolk for being
is ostracized by the tow
min / 2011 / Spanish with
91
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ragu
Nica
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his sexuality. When
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title
sub
lish
Eng
All events are free and open to the publ
ic.
/ 100
Lynd, assistant professor
A talkback led by Juliet
guages, Literatures, and
in the Department of Lan
.
film
Cultures, will follow the
Icíar Bollaín / Spain / 104 min / 2011
English subtitles
/ Spanish with
e with the
series was made possibl
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