The MIT Ibero-American Film Series 2022 features five critically acclaimed films by directors from Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, and Guatemala, with a diverse range of Latin American contexts and perspectives, and in Portuguese, Spanish, Kaqchikel Mayan, and English (all with English subtitles).
The films engage with topics such as: the clash between natives and newcomers, urban living, ecological degradation, family relations, and sexuality in a variety of genres: psychological thriller, science fiction, coming of age tale, “mob epic for the ages,” and domestic drama.
In-person event. Free and open to the MIT community.
7:00 pm brief introduction to film
7:15 pm film screening
Please arrive at 6:45 to have your MIT badge or digital ID scanned at the door.
More info: languages-events@mit.edu
All events are on Thursdays (and all in room 6-120, except for April 7, which is in 4-370).
- 3/10 Ixcanul (2015, Guatemala) in 6-120 – Intro by Norvin Richards, MIT Linguistics
- 3/17 Monos (2019, Colombia) in 6-120 – Intro by June Erlick, Harvard DRCLAS
- 3/31 Bad Hair / Pelo malo (2013, Venezuela) in 6-120 – Intro by Margery Resnick, MIT Literature
- 4/7 Bacurau (2019, Brazil) in 4-370 – Intro by Rodrigo Lopes de Barros, Boston University, Romance Studies
- 4/14 The Second Mother / Que horas ela volta? (2015, Brazil) in 6-120 – Intro by Joaquín Terrones, MIT Literature
Sponsors
This series was made possible with the support of Global Languages, Committee on Race and Diversity, MindHandHeart, Council for the Arts at MIT.
Thanks also to MISTI; History at MIT; Literature; Latino ERG; Hermanas Unidas; MIT Program in Women’s and Gender Studies; Program in Science, Technology, and Society; Comparative Media Studies/Writing; and MIT Linguistics.
This series is part of the Spanish Film Club, and was made possible with the support of Pragda, SPAIN arts & culture and the Secretary of State for Culture of Spain.
