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Mamachas del Ring plays tonight

trevor.kenney — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 17:24:53 +0000

The ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge's Latin American Film series kicks off Wednesday, Sept. 22 with the 2009 film, Mamachas del Ring.

This 2009 Betty M. Park directorial debut tells the captivating story of Carmen Rosa, The Champion, and other women who take the world of Bolivian wrestling by storm, forming their own league and launching a women's professional wrestling tour.

Dr. Patrick Wilson of the U of L's Department of Anthropology leads a discussion session following the film.

The Wednesday showing is at 7 p.m. in the Lethbridge Public Library's theatre gallery. Admission is free.

The Latin American Film Series is supported by the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge President's Office, and by the Office of the Dean of Arts and Sciences.

Latin American Film Series begins

trevor.kenney — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:45:48 +0000

The first Latin American Film Series screening of the Fall 2009 Semester goes Thursday night, 7 p.m. at the Lethbridge Public Library.

The Year My Parents Went on Vacation is a 2006 film directed by Brazilian filmmaker C. Hamburger. At 105 minutes in duration, this film is presented in Portuguese with English subtitles.

The setting is 1970, Brazil. The military dictatorship has forced Mauro's parents into hiding. Scared, they leave their son in an Italian and Jewish neighborhood of São Paulo to be cared for by his grandfather, promising to return in time to watch Brazil defend the World Cup soccer championship.

In this coming of age story, Mauro's adjustment to life without his parents is tempered by his excitement for the Brazilian national team, making for an interesting combination of political and cultural dimensions of Brazilian life in the midst of a defining moment in Brazil's history.

A discussion session with Dr. Brent Devos of the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge's Department of Modern Languages will follow.

Admission for this event is free. The Latin American Film Series is supported by the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge's President's Office and the Office of the Dean of Arts and Sciences.

Film, discussion examines recycling

trevor.kenney — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:48:05 +0000

The latest offering of the Latin American Film Series examines the old adage that one man's trash is truly another man's treasure.

Cartoneros, an Argentinian film under the direction of Ernesto Livon-Grosman, follows the paper recycling process in Buenos Aires from the trash pickers who collect paper informally through middlemen in warehouses, to executives in large corporate mills.

The process exploded into a multi-million dollar industry after Argentina's latest economic collapse. The film is both a record of an economic and social crisis and an invitation to audiences to rethink the value of trash and the relationship between garbage and art.

Supported by the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge President's Office and by the Office of the Dean of Arts and Sciences, Cartoneros is showing tonight, 7 p.m. at the Lethbridge Public Library Theatre Gallery. Created in Spanish with English subtitles, the 2006 film runs 60 minutes in length.

A discussion session, headed by U of L Department of Anthropology professor, Dr. Andrea Cuellar, will follow.

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