Ibero-American and WXGS film series features films by women directors in the Spanish speaking world.
Yuli (2018)
Tuesday, February 20
5:30
The Cheney Room 3-308
In Spanish with English subtitles. Free and open to MIT undergraduates.
About the film
Directed by Icíar Bollaín
Cuban / Spanish biography, 2018
Starring Carlos Acosta, Santiago Alfonso, Keyvin Martínez and Edilson Manuel Olbera Núñez.
Running time 115 minutes
Director Icíar Bollaín presents the life of Cuban dancer Carlos Acosta, the first Black guest dancer in London for the Royal Ballet. While as a child Acosta avoids discipline and education in his natal Havana, his father sends him to the National Ballet School of Cuba. A story of overcoming obstacles through dance, Bollaín’s unique perspective mixes Acosta’s storytelling in first person through both dance and flashbacks of his upbringing in Cuba.
Ibero-American and WXGS film series
Held at 5:30pm in The Cheney Room 3-308
Feb. 20: Yuli (2018)
March 19: La camarista / The Chambermaid (2018)
April 9: Mosquita y Mari (2012)
May 7: TBA
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