[Englecturers] Latin American Film Series SPRING 2008

[John Ganim]

>
>
>Latin American Film Series
>SPRING 2008
>as part of
>FVC 185 E/ SPN 185 E / LAS 105
>Mexican Cinema
>
>The selection of films screened this quarter 
>includes classics made in the 1930s, 
>experimental films from the 1970s and 80s as 
>well as a few examples of recent commercial 
>cinema. All films are subtitled in English.
>
>Screenings are free and take place every
>Tuesday at 06:10 pm - 9:00 pm in INTS 1125
>All are welcome.
>
>April 1
>Amores Perros (Dir. Alejandro González Iñarritu 
>2000, 154 min.).  Already a classic, Amores 
>Perros inaugurates a new wave of privately 
>financed cinema targeting an international audience.
>
>April 8
>El compadre Mendoza (Dir. Fernando de Fuentes 
>1934, 85 min.).  From the trilogy of films about 
>the Mexican revolution this, this film treats 
>the betrayal of the Zapatistas by an opportunist haciendo owner.
>
>April 15
>  La Mujer del Puerto/Woman of the Port (Dir. 
> Arcady Boytler 1934, 76 min.).  A classic 
> melodrama set partially in the brothels of 
> Veracruz. Starring Andrea Palma and Domingo Soler.
>
>April 22
>Maria Candelaria (Dir. Emilio “El Indio” 
>Fernández 1943, 105 min.).  Starring Dolores del 
>Rio as Maria Candelaria who is outcast by her 
>community for her mother’s “immoral” behavior. 
>When a white urban artist and intellectual 
>decides to paint her, tragedy ensues.  Set in 
>the floating gardens of Xochimilco, this classic 
>is photographed by Gabriel Figueroa .
>
>April 29
>Canoa.  (Dir. Felipe Cazals.  1975, 120 min.) 
>This faux documentary reconstructs the attack on 
>five young university employees in the town of 
>San Miguel de Canoa in 1968.  Financed by the 
>Mexican state, the film creates a deeply 
>problematic dialogue with the repression of the student movement in 1968.
>
>May 6
>El castillo de la pureza (Dir. Arturo Ripstein, 
>1972) Exploring themes of claustrophobia and 
>family, Arturo Ripstein tells the true story of 
>a rat poison maker who holds his family under 
>house arrest for nearly two decades to prevent 
>them from being corrupted by the outside world. 
>Not surprisingly, the situation becomes 
>untenable as the children reach adolescence and 
>balk at their isolation in this hauntingly surreal film.
>
>May 31
>Lola. (Dir. Maria Novaro, 1989, 93 min.). In her 
>first feature film Maria Novaro examines single motherhood in Mexico City.
>
>May 20
>Zoot Suit (Dir. Luis Valdez 1981, 104 min.). 
>Based on a 1940s Los Angeles murder trial, Zoot 
>Suit follows the various members of a 
>Mexican-American gang, as they're tried and 
>sentenced to San Quentin for a murder they may not have committed.
>
>May 27
>Y tu mama también (Dir. Alfonso Cuarón 2002, 105 
>min.) Director Alfonso Cuaron's Oscar-nominated 
>film was one of the most talked-about films of 
>2002. While the narrative follows the young 
>protagonists on a road-trip of sexual 
>self-discovery, they are blind to the social 
>reality and struggles surrounding them.
>
>June 3
>El Violin (Dir. Francisco Vargas 2005, 98 min.). 
>Don Plautarco, his son Genaro and grandson Lucio 
>earn a living as traveling musicians while also 
>smuggling weapons to rebels fighting the 
>country's oppressive regime. But when they 
>return home to find their town occupied by the 
>army and the residents forced into hiding, they 
>make a bold play to recover the ammunition the troops have seized.
>
>Contact: Freya Schiwy, Media and Cultural 
>Studies Department.  freyasch at ucr.edu
>
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