Program in Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies

Shriver Hall Boardroom Webinar zoom ID: 410 516 6129 Join us for presentations by the 2025 LACLxS student research grantees! Featuring: 9 AM Coffee and pastries 9:30 AM Verónica Ríos Saavedra (MLL, Spanish and Portuguese): Film as Fact: On-Location Insights into Female Leadership in Peruvian Amazon Cinema. 10 AM Mateus Mendoça (Sociology): Organizing Against the […]

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, […]

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, […]

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 […]