Katia Lara (Tegucigalpa, Honduras 1967) is a Director and Producer, and founder of Terco Producciones. Her work focuses on human rights (gender and political participation), and environmental justice affairs in Honduras and Central America. After studying visual arts in Honduras … Read more
Bordering Genres docs, fiction, sci-fi and hybrid modes Moderated by: Miguel Rojas-Sotelo Director NCLAFF & Manuel Sánchez Cabrera Assistant Director NCLAFF Registration Link Victoria Bouloubasis is a freelance journalist, food writer and filmmaker. Her work aims to dispel myths about the Global South—its people and places—against … Read more
Dir. by Katia Lara. Honduras. 2022. 70 min. In Spanish with English subtitles. In Honduras, one of the most violent countries in the world, the assassination of the social justice leader Berta Cáceres, remains in impunity. Guided by a map … Read more
Followed by a reception in the Atrium @ 4:30 p.m. Watch trailer Followed @ 5 p.m. by Martírio. Introduction by Professor Pedro Lopes de Almeida, UNC-CH Department of Romance Studies. Dir. by Vicente Carelli, Ernesto de Carvalho, Tatiana Almeida. Brazil. … Read more
Eduardo del Llano Rodriguez is a Cuban writer, university professor, film director, producer and screenwriter. Del Llano graduated with an Art History degree from the University of Havana in 1985. In 1982 he founded the comedy theatre and literary quartet … Read more
Dir. by Déo Cardoso. Brazil. 2020. 86 min. In Portuguese with English subtitles. Based on real events, this political drama fuses Brazilian history with international anti-racist movements. Saulo, a black introvert student and fan of the Black Panther Movement, challenges … Read more
Dir. by Ana Katz. Argentina. 2021. 73 min. In Spanish with English subtitles. Acclaimed Argentine auteur Ana Katz’s funny, adventurous, and bittersweet new film follows Sebastián’s peaceful life as it begins to crumble when he loses his job because of … Read more
Dir. by Aurélio Micheles. Brazil. 2020. 83 min. In English, Spanish, and Portuguese with English subtitles. The story of the father of indigenous human rights inquiries, Roger Casement (1864-1916). His work in Africa, Brazil, and his native Ireland still has … Read more
Dir. by Jayro Bustamante. Guatemala. 2019. 86 min. In Spanish with English subtitles. Indignant retired general Enrique finally faces trial for the genocidal massacre of thousands of Mayans decades ago. As a horde of angry protestors threatens to invade their … Read more
The Consortium in Latin American and Caribbean Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University and the Latin American Studies Program at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte presents the fifth annual North Carolina Conference on Latin … Read more
