Monday, November 7, 7:00 pm

UNC-Charlotte . Cone Center, McKnight Auditorium

Diarios de Motocicleta/Motorcycle Diaries

Director: Walter Salles. The Motorcycle Diaries is an adaptation of a journal written by Ernesto "Che" Guevara when he was 23 years old. He and his friend Alberto Granado are typical college students who, seeking fun and adventure before graduation, decide to travel across Argentina, Chile, Brazil and Peru before arriving to do their medical residency at a leper colony. The two best friends start off with the same goals and aspirations, but by the time the film is over, it's clear what each man's destiny has become. 128 minutes, Spanish with English subtitles. 2004.

Nominated for "Best Picture" in the British Academy Awards, "Best Foreign Language Film" in the Golden Globes, and "Best Foreign Film" by the National Board of Review

Una Foto que Recorre el Mundo/The Photo that Goes Around the World - Cuba

Director : Pedro Chaskel. A single, iconic image of Ernesto "Che" Guevara has been remembered, revered and reproduced over the years. In this documentary, photographer Alberto Korda recounts his feelings at the moment he snapped the world famous photo. A fast-paced collage of images follows, showing how this photo was used internationally as a symbol of inspiration in liberation and human rights struggles. 15minutes, Spanish with English subtitles. 1986

Tuesday, November 8, 7:00 pm

Queens Univeristy of Charlotte . Sykes Building, Accenture Auditorium

Novia Que Te Vea/Like a Bride - Mexico

Director: Guita Schyfter. Two young Jewish girls, born Mexican, shape their lives under the pressures of the early sixties and their own awareness of conflicting loyalties. The subject of the life in the Jewish community within the ethnic complexity of modern urban Mexico was new to Mexican cinema. The movie reveals the cultural diversity of the Jewish community and the social and political attitudes that flourish in it. Based on the novel Novia Que te Vea by Rosa Nissan. 115 minutes, Spanish with English subtitles. 1993.

Winner of 1993 Audience Award at Guadalajara Mexican Film Festival and winner of 1994 Silver Ariel Award for Best First Work and Best Sound.

Wednesday, November 9, 7:00 pm

Johnson C. Smith University . Humanities Building, Room 108

Como Agua Para Chocolate/Like Water for Chocolate - Mexico

Director: Alfonso Arau. From the literary world of magic realism, this award-winning film adapted from the book by the same title chronicles life in Mexico near the Texas border in the early twentieth century. Unrequited passions, changing political situations and even madness emerge in this highly entertaining and endearing story. The cooking scenes and the portraits of food are spectacular. Based on the novel, Like Water for Chocolate , by Laura Esquivel . 102 minutes, Spanish with English subtitles. 1992 NS

993 Golden Globe nominee for "Best Foreign Language" Film and winner of 1992 Golden Ariel Award

Thursday, November 10, 7:00 pm

Davidson College . Chambers Hall, Perkins Auditorium

Eréndira - Mexico

Director: Ruy Guerra. Based on a short story by Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez . A teenage girl is exploited as a sexual slave by her greedy grandmother. An erotic black comedy laden with sexual fantasy, bawdy humor and sly political allegory. 103 minutes. Spanish with English subtitles. 1983

1984 winner of Silver Ariel Award for Best Production Design

Friday, November 11, 3:00 pm

UNC-Charlotte. Cone Center, McKnight Auditorium

An afternoon with filmmaker Luis Ospina
Soplo de Vida/Breath of Life - Colombia

Director: Luis Ospina. Ex-cop turned private eye Fernando Solórzano gets roped into investigating the murder of unidentified hooker Flora Martínez at a cheap Bogotá hotel; and, as the flashbacks unreel in classic film noir fashion, he starts to piece together her life through her relationships with a failed boxer, a blind lottery salesman, a cowardly bullfighter and a corrupt politician. But as her real identity starts to emerge, Solórzano gradually realizes that he'll have to take a personal interest in the case. 110 minutes, Spanish. 1999 SV

Reception to follow

Sunday, November 13, 7:00 pm

Queens Univeristy of Charlotte . Sykes Building, Accenture Auditorium

Zoot Suit - Mexico

Director: Luis Valdéz. Adapted from the 1978 stage play by the preeminent Chicano playwright Luis Valdéz , Zoot Suit is a musical drama of racism and intolerance in the culture of Los Angeles. It begins in 1942 with the death of a young Chicano which directly leads to the infamous "zoot suit riots." 101 minutes, English and Spanish with English subtitles. 1979.

Monday, November 14, 7:00 pm

UNC-Charlotte . Cone Center, McKnight Auditorium

Beso de la Mujer Araña/ Kiss of the Spider Woman - Brazil

Director: Hector Babenco. Political prisoner Valentín Arregui and homosexual pederast Luis Molina share a Brazilian prison cell in this fantastical drama from Manuel Puig's book by the same title. Molina helps pass time by recounting memories from one of his favorite films, a wartime romantic thriller that just may also be a Nazi propaganda film, in order to spur Valentin's imagination and distract him from the brutal realities of political imprisonment and separation from his love. 119 minutes, English. 1985 NSL

1986 Oscar nominee for Best Director, Best Picture and Best Writing

Tuesday, November 15, 7:00 pm

Davidson College . Chambers Hall, Perkins Auditorium

A hora da Estrela/Hour of the Star- Brazil

Director: Susana Amaral. Based on the book, A hora da Estrela by Clarice Lispector, Macabea is a young woman from the countryside of northeast Brazil who lives in the sprawling city of São Paulo. The mixture of bitter reality and gently, humorous fantasy - often compared with the works of Fellini, and Chaplin - earned for Suzana Amaral's first feature film the status as an instant cinematic classic. 96 minutes, Portuguese with English subtitles. 1986

Wednesday, November 16, 7:00 pm

Johnson C. Smith University . Humanities Building, Room 108

El Otro Francisco /The Other Francisco - Cuba

Director: Sergio Giral. First film in a trilogy of films El Otro Francisco is an impassioned exploration of the roots of black rebellion in nineteenth-century Cuba, based on a famous Cuban anti-slavery novel of the period. The movie is built around a critique of 19th century abolitionist Anselmo Suarez y Romero's novel, Francisco. 90 minutes, Spanish with English subtitles. 1975

Thursday, November 17, 7:00 pm

Wingate University . George A. Batte, Jr. Fine Arts Center

Y no se lo Tragó La Tierra/And The Earth Did Not Swallow Him - USA

Director: Severo Pérez. A moving and powerful portrait of the life of a poor Mexican American boy and his migrant farm worker family, as they struggle to adapt to life in American society. Adapted from the novel "... y no se lo tragó la tierra " by Thomas Rivera . Through its many human stories of growing up as a Mexican American, the story exposes the rich cultural traditions that have given shape to life in the American Southwest. 100 minutes, Spanish with English subtitles. 1994 S

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Directions and Parking

Parking is limited at all sites.

At UNC-Charlotte: Cone Center

From Charlotte, take I-85 N to Exit 42. Follow ramp onto N. Tryon. Keep right at fork onto Hwy. 29/Hwy. 49; follow Hwy. 49 past Harris Blvd. After 2 nd light on Harris Blvd., take next left (Cameron Blvd.) Take the 3 rd right (University Rd.) Cone Center visitor's parking will be on your left. Leaving the parking lot, the Cone Center will be ahead of you on the left. Go up stairway, then turn right to find entrance to McKnight Auditorium.

At Davidson College: Chambers Hall, Perkins Auditorium

Take I-77 to Exit 30 (Davidson). From S., turn right off ramp onto Griffith St. (from N., turn left) Follow Griffith until it ends at a T-section (Main St.) Turn right toward downtown Davidson. Chambers Hall will be across the green on your left, follow signs to the top floor to Perkins Auditorium.

At Johnson C. Smith University: Humanities Building

From I-77 take Exit 10 C, from ramp, bear right onto W 5 th St. to Beatties Ford Road; From 85 take Exit 37, Beatties Ford Road Exit. Upon entrance into the campus, take a right and continue until you reach the gym parking lot. The Humanities building will be on the left.

At Wingate University: George A. Batte, Jr. Fine Arts Center

Take U.S. 74 East to Wingate. The University entrance is on the left after the second stoplight. The George A. Batte, Jr. Fine Arts Center is three blocks ahead on the left. Parking is free and widely available.

At Queens University of Charlotte: Sykes Building, Accenture Auditorium

From I-85 and the Airport: Take Billy Graham Parkway exit, South. At the intersection of the Parkway and S. Tryon, the Parkway name changes to Woodlawn Road. Continue on Woodlawn Road for 2.5 miles to Selwyn Avenue. Turn left on Selwyn Avenue and continue for 1.5 miles to Queens University of Charlotte. From I-77: Take Woodlawn/Queens University of Charlotte exit, South. Continue on Woodlawn to Selwyn Avenue. Follow directions above. The Sykes Building is on Selwyn Avenue. Parking can be found at Myers Park Traditional Ball Field behind campus.

For additional information about the Charlotte festival, please contact: Jurgen Buchenau, Director of Latin American Studies, UNC-Charlotte, jbuchena@email.uncc.edu, (704) 687-4635.

Sponsored by the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and the Outreach Office of the Consortium in Latin American Studies at UNC-CH and Duke

This event was made possible through funds provided by the US Department of Education and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The Film Festival Committee would also like to thank the following sponsors for their cooperation, contributions, and enthusiasm: the William Wilson Brown, Jr. Fund, and the faculty at: the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Wingate University, Johnson C. Smith University, Queens University of Charlotte, and Davidson College.

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RATING SYSTEM

Latin American films are not rated. However, we have used the following rating system to assist in evaluating adult content in the films.

V - includes violence

N - includes nudity

S - includes sex

L- includes strong language

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