Film & Media Culture

On the second day of the symposium, Mexican director Michelle Garza Cervera will answer questions (in English) about her acclaimed debut film Huesera: The Bone Woman (2022). This will be followed by a conversation in Spanish between Michelle and Rita Segato, offering a broader dialogue on gender-based abuse and violence against women in Latin America. The conversation between Michelle and Rita will be translated into English for the audience.

Cookies and drinks will be provided.

Presented in Spanish with real-time translation to English

The symposium will kickoff with a keynote presentation by Argentine anthropologist Rita Segato, followed by an open discussion with students, faculty, and community members. Hors d’oeuvres will be provided in Sunderland Lobby beginning at 4:00 PM.

This is a screening of a new documentary, with a live Q&A with the film’s subject, dance choreographer Hadar Ahuvia.

This is a screening of the film The History of Sound, followed by a live Q&A with director Oliver Hermanus

This presentation reflects on questions of representability, narrative, and documentary ethics with regards to the history of the Holocaust film. Specifically, it proposes a number of videographic methods with which we might approach historical atrocities in and through audiovisual images and archives.

VALENTINA is a hybrid film — part narrative-comedy and part documentary – pressed against the backdrop of the busiest border crossing in the United States. Valentina is a young woman caught between small debts and daily pressures in life in a border town.

I have been intimate with transportation my entire life; stepping into spaces where every sound, every person, every piece of metal becomes a part of my experience. The purpose of this project is to take inspiration from films I studied during the fall and create a multimedia installation about transportation, intimacy, film, and connection.

Four middle school boys in a Texas border town have developed an unusual obsession: Joseph Stalin.  When their teacher tells them about the Texas State History Fair, they write a play about the Soviet dictator - and his efforts to destroy all who opposed him.  As the boys write and rehearse their play about Stalin, they are forced to confront their own relationship with power and control.

A public screening of a film as part of the monthly Hirschfield International Film Series.

A public screening of a film as part of the monthly Hirschfield International Film Series.