鈥淐rossing Borders,鈥� a film and lecture series on Latin American cinema, will conclude Nov. 9-10 (Friday-Saturday) at the University of 91吃瓜 with presentations by leading filmmakers and scholars in the field.p. A part of the Henkels Visiting Scholars Series, 鈥淐rossing Borders鈥� is sponsored by 91吃瓜鈥檚 Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts and Kellogg Institute for International Studies and has included a variety of presentations throughout the semester.p. Events on Nov. 9, all at the Hesburgh Center for International Studies, are as follows:p. p. ? 1:45 p.m. ? Lecture by Charles Ramirez-Berg, professor of radio, television and film at the University of Texas, titled 鈥淧romotion, Memorabilia, Primary Sources: Reading Mexican Movie Posters from the Golden Age鈥� (room C-103)p. ? 3 p.m.?Presentation of the documentary 鈥淗uman Wrongs鈥� by British filmmaker Michael Chanan (auditorium)p. ? 4:15 p.m. ? Lecture by Kathleen Newman, professor of cinema and comparative literature at the University Iowa, titled 鈥淐ontemporary Argentine Cinema鈥� (C-103)p. ? 5 p.m. ? Lecture by Laura Podalsky, assistant professor of Spanish at Ohio State University, titled 鈥淐ities of the Dead: Affect, Distance, and Horror in Recent Latin American Cinema鈥� (C-103)p. ? 7 p.m. ? Presentation of the historical drama 鈥淏rava Gente Brasileira (鈥滲rave New World") by filmmaker and human rights activist Lucia Murat (auditorium). Murat is a visiting professor in the study of Brazilian culture at 91吃瓜.p. p. Four lectures will be delivered Nov. 10 in room 119 of O鈥橲haughnessy Hall, to be followed by a concluding film in the Hesburgh Library鈥檚 Carey Auditorium. The schedule is as follows:p. ? 10 a.m.? 鈥淭he Golden Age Within the Golden Age: Conceptualizing the United States and Mexican Cinema鈥� by Seth Fein, assistant professor of history at Yale Universityp. ? 11 a.m. ?Visions and Versions of History: Cinematic Reflections on Dictatorship and the Armed Struggle in Brazil" by Randal Johnson, chair and professor of Spanish and Portuguese at UCLAp. ? 1:45 p.m. ? 鈥淭he Conundrum of Cuban Film in the 1990s鈥� by filmmaker Michael Chananp. ? 2:45 p.m. ? 鈥�?Hay Vida (y Cine) Despues del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano?鈥� (鈥淚s There Life (and Film) After the New Latin American Cinema鈥�) by Jorge Ruffinelli, professor of the Spanish and Portuguese at Stanford University (to be delivered in Spanish)p. ? 6 p.m? Presentation of 鈥淟ista de Espera鈥� (鈥淲aiting List鈥�) by Juan Carlos Tabio, one of the leading Latin American filmmakers of the last 20 years.p. p. All events are free and open to the public.
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