{"id":69942,"date":"2017-09-15T13:00:15","date_gmt":"2017-09-15T18:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.olemiss.edu\/?p=69942"},"modified":"2017-09-18T10:51:34","modified_gmt":"2017-09-18T15:51:34","slug":"third-annual-hispanic-heritage-film-series-begins-sept-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/third-annual-hispanic-heritage-film-series-begins-sept-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Third Annual Hispanic Heritage Film Series Begins Sept. 21"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/third-annual-hispanic-heritage-film-series-begins-sept-21\/hispanic-heritage-film-series-crop\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-70186\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-70186\" src=\"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Hispanic-Heritage-Film-Series-Crop-300x89.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"89\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Hispanic-Heritage-Film-Series-Crop-300x89.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Hispanic-Heritage-Film-Series-Crop.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>OXFORD, Miss. \u2013&nbsp;&#8220;Hard-to-see films from unexpected countries&#8221; are on tap as part of the Third Annual Hispanic Heritage Film Series, hosted by the <a href=\"http:\/\/modernlanguages.olemiss.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">University of Mississippi Department of Modern Languages<\/a>. It begins Sept. 21 with a screening of &#8220;The Return.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The film series is part of Hispanic Heritage Month, which will be observed at <a href=\"http:\/\/olemiss.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ole Miss<\/a> from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15. All five films have English subtitles and will be shown at 7 p.m. Thursdays in Lamar Hall, Room 131. The Lafayette County and Oxford Public Library also will host a showing of one of the films in the series, &#8220;Truman,&#8221; at 3 p.m. Sept. 30.<\/p>\n<p>The series consists of five contemporary films from Spanish-speaking countries, including Spain this time, said Diane Marting, associate professor of modern languages and one of the organizers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This year has several special features: a community showing, hard-to-see films from unexpected countries and a nice, new location,&#8221; Marting said.<\/p>\n<p>The films to be screened at 7 p.m. Thursdays in Lamar Hall are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sept. 21 \u2013&nbsp;&#8220;The Return.&#8221; This Costa Rican movie is based on a life-changing journey back to Costa Rica.<\/li>\n<li>Sept. 28 \u2013&nbsp;&#8220;Truman.&#8221; Argentinean actor Ricardo Dar\u00edn stars in a beautiful nostalgic movie about a dog named Truman. The movie was awarded Spain&#8217;s Goya Prize for the best film of 2015. The Oxford Public Library also will screen &#8220;Truman&#8221; on Sept. 30.<\/li>\n<li>Oct. 5 \u2013&nbsp;&#8220;The Companion.&#8221; Cuba&#8217;s official entry to the Academy Awards covers the period in the 1980s when HIV patients were sent to AIDS centers under military rule.<\/li>\n<li>Oct. 12 \u2013 &#8220;The Tenth Man.&#8221; This comedy explores identity, faith and father-son relationships in Once, which is Buenos Aires&#8217; bustling Jewish district.<\/li>\n<li>Oct. 19 \u2013 &#8220;Seven Boxes.&#8221; This Paraguayan crime thriller chronicles a few days in the life of Victor, a daydreaming 17-year-old pushcart porter in Mercado 4 who is asked to keep seven boxes with unknown content away from the police.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The trailers for the films can be seen&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/pragda.com\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Hispanic Heritage Series is made possible with the support of&nbsp;Pragda, the Spanish Film Club.com, SPAIN Arts &amp; Culture, and the Secretary of State for the Culture of Spain. Local major sponsors are the Department of Modern Languages, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.honors.olemiss.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/inclusion.olemiss.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Center for Inclusion and Cross-Cultural Engagement<\/a> and Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society. Other sponsors include the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/libarts.olemiss.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">College of Liberal Arts<\/a>; the cinema studies minor program; the departments of English, history, political science and sociology and anthropology; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.croft.olemiss.edu\/home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Croft Institute for International Studies<\/a>; the Oxford Film Festival; and the <a href=\"http:\/\/sarahisomcenter.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sarah Isom Center for Women and Gender Studies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This series promotes cultural understanding of the Hispanic community,&#8221; said Carmen S\u00e1nchez, a UM modern languages instructor and another of the organizers.<\/p>\n<p>Irene Kaufmann, UM lecturer of Spanish and another co-organizer, added, &#8220;Being exposed to international cinema is one way of opening our minds to the world, something we all need very much in these times.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/third-annual-hispanic-heritage-film-series-begins-sept-21\/hispanic-heritage-film-series\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-70185\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-70185 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Hispanic-Heritage-Film-Series-300x194.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Hispanic-Heritage-Film-Series-300x194.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Hispanic-Heritage-Film-Series-768x497.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Hispanic-Heritage-Film-Series.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OXFORD, Miss. \u2013&nbsp;&#8220;Hard-to-see films from unexpected countries&#8221; are on tap as part of the Third Annual Hispanic Heritage Film Series, hosted by the University of Mississippi Department of Modern Languages. 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