Program in Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies

Dead Man’s Switch - Alejandro Gerber Bicecci / Mexico / 2024 / 108 min Spanish with English subtitles Dead Man’s Switch is a gripping Mexican drama that follows Dalia, a 42-year-old subway driver, whose life unravels after her husband vanishes without warning. Dalia’s world, already strained by her demanding job and complicated family dynamics, quickly spirals […]

Natural Phenomena - Marcos Díaz Sosa / Cuba / 2024 / 80 min Spanish with English subtitles His wildly original tropical Cuban reinterpretation of Victor Fleming’s The Wizard of Oz is nothing short of mind-blowing. While the iconic red shoes make an appearance, everything else is reimagined in unexpected and delightful ways. In late-1980s Cuba, […]

The program in Latin America, Caribbean and Latinx Studies is glad to invite you to attend “Race, Aesthetics, Speculation,” a one-day symposium at the Study Hotel in Baltimore, MD, hosted by Johns Hopkins University. “Race, Aesthetics, Speculation” brings together leading scholars to examine how the representation of race and ethnicity intersects with theories of aesthetics, […]