The Department of Hispanic Studies announces its Annual Film Festival

All films will be screened at 5:00pm in ECTR 118. The films for this year’s festival are: Machuca (dir. Andr�s Wood, 2004), which will be screened at on Thursday, September 21. The film dramatizes, through the eyes of two young boys, the coup of Chile’s democratically elected president, Salvador Allende in 1973; Habana Blues (dir. Benito Zambrano, 2005), which will be screened on Thursday, September 28. This film tells the story of two young Cuban musicians who, after signing with a U.S. record label, are told that if they want to be successful, they must include anti-Cuban messages in their songs; and The Motorcycle Diaries (dir. Walter Salles, 2004), which will be screened on Thursday, October 5. This award-winning film depicts the short but life-changing motorcycle trip that Ernesto Guevara de la Serna, later Che Guevara, the Cuban revolutionary, took through South America. There will be an opportunity, after each film, for brief discussion. The films are free and open to the public. The series is sponsored by the Department of Hispanic Studies, the Language Resource Center, and the Spanish Club.