Latin American Film Series event, Wednesday

trevor.kenney — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:50:35 +0000

The ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge's Latin American Film Series presents "Without Name", Wednesday night, 7 p.m. at the Lethbridge Public Library.

In this award-winning film, Cary Fukunaga tells the connected stories of Sayra and Willy. Sayra is a young Honduran woman traveling with her father and uncle on the tops of freight trains in the hopes of entering the U.S. illegally and reuniting with family members in New Jersey. Willy is a member of a Mexican gang who rides the train tops to rob aspiring immigrants.

Beautifully filmed and powerfully told, the movie narrates the immigrants' journeys in pursuit of elusive goals.

Dr. Omar Rodríguez of the U of L's Department of Modern Languages will lead an oral discussion following the screening. Admission is free.

Screening of Cidade de Deus (City of God)

trevor.kenney — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 22:57:50 +0000

The ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge's Department of New Media will be presenting a screening of the critically-acclaimed film Cidade de Deus (City of God), Monday evening at the Lethbridge Public Library Theatre Gallery.

Dr. Omar Rodríguez from the Department of Modern Languages will introduce the film and later lead a discussion session following the screening.

Cidade de Deus is an engaging and often disturbing journey into the violent slums of Rio de Janeiro. Well inscribed in a Latin American tradition of social violence cinema, the film introduces innovative uses of editing, colour, music and narrative techniques (like the voice-over and the flashback) to create a strong sense of reality without falling into dominant and more traditional forms of realism.

The film reaped numerous awards following its release in 2002 including: Winner of the Gran Coral, Best Fiction Film, New Latin American Film Festival, Havana, 2002; Official Selection, International Film Festival, Cannes, 2002; Winner, BAFTA Award, Best Editing, 2003; Nominee, BAFTA, 2003, Best film not in the English Language; Official nominee on Behalf of Brazil, Oscar, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Hollywood.

The screening and discussion begins at 6 p.m. and runs through 9 p.m. Monday, Feb. 9 at the Lethbridge Public Library Theatre Gallery.

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Latin American Film Series event, Wednesday

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