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SEMANA 1: Sueño en otro idioma

Discussion: Saturday, Mar 26th 12:00PM CT

Director: Ernesto Contreras (Mexico) 2015

See a short introduction by Prof. Juan García Oyervides, West Texas A&M University

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A linguist arrives in a small jungle settlement hoping to record a conversation between two elderly men, the last two remaining speakers of the Zikril language. Unfortunately for him, the men are feuding and haven't spoken to each other in 50 years.

SEMANA 2: El abrazo de la serpiente

Discussion: Saturday, Apr 2nd 12:00PM CT

Director: Ciro Guerra (Colombia) 2014

See an introduction by Prof. Javier Muñoz-Díaz, St. Lawrence University

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The story of the relationship between Karamakate, an Amazonian shaman and last survivor of his people, and two scientists who work together over the course of forty years to search the Amazon for a sacred healing plant.

SEMANA 3: 7 cajas

Discussion: Saturday, Apr 9th 12:00PM CT

Director: Tara Schembori and Juan C. Maneglia (Paraguay) 2012

Introduction by Prof. Fernando Varela, Texas Lutheran University

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A wild chase ensues when a rival carter tries to stop a teenager from delivering seven crates to the other end of a Paraguayan street market.

SEMANA 4: Song without a Name

​Discussion: Friday, Apr 15th TIME TBA

Director: Melina León  (Perú) 2019

See the Introduction by Prof. Andrea López, Dickinson College

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Georgina Condori is a heavily pregnant Andean peasant woman living in a bare wooden shack in a coastal shanty town close to the capital, Lima. Lured into the city by a radio advert promising free "medical assistance", she gives birth to her baby at a downtown clinic. The staff take her newborn daughter away, apparently for routine checks, but never return her.

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