Seducción de la Barbarie

Only five days left of the Vancouver Latin American Film Festival!

VLAFF takes place every year at different venues around Vancouver with an exciting selection of films, old and new…. Check out upcoming movies here.

Don’t miss for example the film Villa Grimaldi at VCC next Friday 18th, which will feature a live performance of the musical suite “Archeology of Memory: Villa Grimaldi” by Claudio Durán and his quintet Quijeremá, and an exhibition of accompanying gigantographics. Tickets are $10….

MADE IN L.A. Film Screening

This screening will be followed by a panel discussion with filmmaker Almudena Carrecedo, featured garment worker Guadalupe “Lupe” Hernández, and featured campaign organizer Joann Lo

Thursday October 29th 4pm – 6pm
Michael M. Ames Theatre Gallery
Museum of Anthropology at UBC
6393 N.W. Marine Drive

The film is in English and Spanish with bilingual subtitles.

For more info about the film, see www.madeinla.com. For more info about events contact madeinlavancouver@gmail.com.

A reminder about the conference at SFU tomorrow: Colombia, the Conflicts and Beyond: Perspectives on a Canadian Ally.

We very much encourage you to submit proposals to the upcoming conference at UBC, organized by the Department of French, Hispanic, and Italian Studies.

The conference’s website is http://fhis.ubc.ca/index.php?id=12469.

The official deadline for proposals was a couple of days ago, but I’m sure that they’d look at late proposals if you get in quick…

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