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- Oct 195:30 PMFilm: IxcanulThis film is part of the 2024 Latin American/Latinx Film Festival. All films in this series are free and open to the public.In Kaqchikel and Spanish with English subtitlesWith Maria Mercedes Coroy, Maria Telon, Manuel Antun, Justo Lorenzo, Marvin CoroyGUATEMALA'S OFFICIAL ENTRY TO THE ACADEMY AWARDS®The brilliant debut by Guatemalan filmmaker Jayro Bustamante is a mesmerizing fusion of fact and fable, a dreamlike depiction of the daily lives of Kaqchikel speaking Mayans on a coffee plantation at the base of an active volcano. Immersing us in its characters' customs and beliefs, Ixcanul chronicles with unblinking realism, a disappearing tradition and a disappearing people.Maria, a 17-year-old Mayan girl, lives and works with her parents on a coffee plantation in the foothills of an active volcano in Guatemala.An arranged marriage awaits her: her parents have promised her to Ignacio, the plantation overseer. But Maria doesn't sit back and accept her destiny.Pepe, a young coffee cutter who plans to migrate to the USA becomes her possible way out. Maria seduces Pepe in order to run away with him, but after promises and clandestine meetings, Pepe takes off, leaving her pregnant, alone and in disgrace. There's no time to lose for Maria's mother, who thinks abortion is the only solution. Yet despite her mother's ancestral knowledge, the baby remains, "destined to live."But destiny has more in store for Maria: a snakebite forces them to leave immediately in search of a hospital. The modern world Maria has so dreamt about will save her life, but at what price…Virtual Location URL: https://sciences.ucf.edu/politics/latin-american-latinx-film-festival/ Registration Link: https://ucf.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bkgnhqCVTSolawC Registration Info: Registration is strongly encouraged, although not required to attend. However, registration will provide the login information for the viewing platform for those who wish to view the films online.
- Oct 203:00 PMFilm: Sun and Daughter (Cuidando al sol)This film is part of the 2024 Latin American/Latinx Film Festival. All films in this series are free and open to the public.Spanish, Aymara, with English subtitlesWith Maria Belen Callisaya, Karina Paco, Luis AduviriWhy you must see this film: Because it is a feel-good debut film by Bolivian director Catalina Razzini, an incredible new talent to watch. It is a sensitive and beautifully crafted depiction in the purest John Ford style of the spectacular landscape of the Island of the Sun, captured through the lens of Spanish cinematographer Santiago Racaj 'Summer 1993'. And because it has five stars on IMDb!Ten-year-old Lucia's family lives in the Island of the Sun (Isla del Sol) in the middle of Lake Titicaca in Bolivia; a place that's as mystical as it is picturesque. When her father breaks from their routine one morning and leaves for the city to make money, Lucia finds it difficult to cope with his absence, building her daily life around the expectations of their reunion.After school, Lucia and her younger sister Maribel weave Totora reeds into figurines that her mother sells to numerous tourists. But the rhythm of life on the island and the passage of time help her realize her father is no longer the person she longed to have back. She must find her own path. Lucia is thinking of going to the city herself, but she has no money. It's time she took her destiny into her own hands.With a subtle commentary on environmental tourism and the exploitation of "the other" that goes two-way, Catalina Razzini's touching rural tale masterly captures the landscape of Isla del Sol.Virtual Location URL: https://sciences.ucf.edu/politics/latin-american-latinx-film-festival/ Registration Link: https://ucf.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bkgnhqCVTSolawC Registration Info: Registration is strongly encouraged, although not required to attend. However, registration will provide the login information for the viewing platform for those who wish to view the films online.
- Oct 27 – Nov 3Film: Without Prescription (Receta no incluida)This film is part of the 2024 Latin American/Latinx Film Festival. All films in this series are free and open to the public.Spanish with English subtitlesWith Marietere Velez, Mario A. Morales, Ángel ManuelWhy you must see this film: Because it is an achievement for Puerto Rican cinema. It provokes a heated and productive conversation about mental health and health insurance systems. With a good pace and a compelling script, it is a film that we highly recommend!Olivia is getting ready for her family's Christmas Eve party. But her obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) voice in her head, which has been under control for some time, suddenly returns, prompting a desperate search for the pills that have helped her in the past.The lack of health insurance forces Olivia to reach out to her friend Jessica, whom she met years ago in a mental institution. Jessica introduces her to David, the town's pharmacist's son, who agrees to sell her the pills.Trapped inside David's apartment by a rainstorm, the two strangers start uncovering truths about each other and begin a healing process that doesn't necessarily involve pills.Virtual Location URL: https://sciences.ucf.edu/politics/latin-american-latinx-film-festival/ Registration Link: https://ucf.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bkgnhqCVTSolawC Registration Info: Registration is strongly encouraged, although not required to attend. However, registration will provide the login information for the viewing platform for those who wish to view the films online.
- Oct 273:00 PMFilm: I Owe You a Letter About Brazil (Fico te devendo uma carta sobre o Brasil)This film is part of the 2024 Latin American/Latinx Film Festival. All films in this series are free and open to the public.English and Portuguese with English subtitlesConnecting the country's recent past and the turbulent present context, I Owe You a Letter About Brazil investigates the persistence of silence as a tool to erase memory.Filmmaker Carol Benjamin untangles her grandmother's intimate writings in an attempt to understand the story of their family against the brutal backdrop of the Brazilian military dictatorship (1964-1985).Her father, Cesar Benjamin, was arrested in August 1971 during student protests against the Brazilian military dictatorship. Although he was a juvenile, he was tried as an adult and sentenced to 13 years in prison. Thanks to the ardent campaigning of his mother Iramaya, working closely together with the Swedish branch of Amnesty International, he was released five years later.Everything Benjamin knows about this dark period in her father's life, she has heard from her grandmother, as Cesar himself refuses to talk about it. Hoping to better understand this part of her family history, she travels to Sweden to meet with the people who were involved in the campaign for his release.Virtual Location URL: https://sciences.ucf.edu/politics/latin-american-latinx-film-festival/ Registration Link: https://ucf.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bkgnhqCVTSolawC Registration Info: Registration is strongly encouraged, although not required to attend. However, registration will provide the login information for the viewing platform for those who wish to view the films online.