FILM - La Ofrenda: Days of the Dead
Schedule
Tue Oct 22 2024 at 07:00 pm
UTC-05:00Location
UNAM San Antonio | San Antonio, TX
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As we approach Día de los Muertos, join us for a special screening of Lourdes Portillo’s documentary film, La Ofrenda: Days of the Dead. La Ofrenda: The Days of the Dead offers a personal look at the Mexican celebration of the dead, the sacred days when the souls of the departed return to visit the living. Tracing the Days of the Dead tradition from its roots in Indian culture to its manifestations in contemporary Chicano communities, this unconventional and visually arresting documentary contemplates the loving and sometimes humorous Mexican cultural attitudes toward “that constant companion,” death.
🗓Tuesday, October 22, 2024 | 7 PM
📍UNAM San Antonio | 600 Hemisfair Plaza Way, San Antonio, TX 78205
Post-film discussion with special guest Dr. Tomás Ybarra-Frausto
Tomás Ybarra-Frausto, Ph.D., is an independent scholar of Latin American and U.S. Latino arts and culture. He was formally the Associate Director of Creativity and Culture at the Rockefeller Foundation. Prior to joining the Rockefeller Foundation, Dr. Ybarra-Frausto was a tenured professor at Stanford University in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese. In 2007, the Mexican government bestowed “The Order of The Aztec Eagle” on Dr. Ybarra-Frausto citing his life work in fostering cultural understanding between the United States and Mexico through the arts and humanities. Dr. Ybarra-Frausto is based in San Antonio, TX where he is an active member of the Westside Preservation Alliance.
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About the filmmaker:
Lourdes Portillo (1943-2024):
Born in Chihuahua, Mexico, and raised in Chihuahua, Mexicali, and Los Angeles, Lourdes Portillo made award-winning films about Latin American, Mexican, and Chicano/a experiences and social justice issues for forty years. She produced and directed over a dozen works that reveal her signature hybrid style as a visual artist, investigative journalist, and activist. Portillo’s 18 completed films include the Academy Award and Emmy Award-nominated Las Madres: The Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo (1986), La Ofrenda: The Days of the Dead (1988), Columbus on Trial (1992), The Devil Never Sleeps (1994), Corpus: A Home Movie for Selena (1999), Señorita Extraviada (2001), My McQueen (2004), Al Más Allá (2008), and State of Grace (2020).
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MACRI's programs are funded in part by the City of San Antonio Department of Arts & Culture, Bexar County, the Mellon Foundation, the John L. Santikos Charitable Foundation Fund of the San Antonio Area Foundation, Wells Fargo, and individual donors like you! Gracias!🫶🏽
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Where is it happening?
UNAM San Antonio, 679 Hemisfair Plaza Way, San Antonio, TX 78205, United States,San Antonio, TexasEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
