Apr 12 2016

the 24th annual UIC Chicago Latino Film Festival

April 12 - 14, 2016

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

 

 

Presented by: UIC Latino Cultural Center

In the Game / En El Juego

  • Tuesday, April 12, 2016
  • United States, 2015, 78 min. Documentary
  • English
  • Director: Maria Finitzo

Follow the ups and downs of an inner city girls’ soccer team from Kelly High School. This documentary reveals obstacles that many low-income students confront in their quest for higher education but remain undaunted thanks to their teammates and the dedicated mentoring of their coach.

Dad / Pa ¡Por mis hijos lo que sea!

  • Wednesday, April 13, 2016
  • Colombia, 2015, 79 min. Comedy/Drama
  • Spanish w/ English subtitles
  • Director: Harold Trompetero

Enrique, a successful executive, is offered a promotion and the opportunity to work abroad, but in an unexpected turn of events, he loses his job. Desperate to provide for his family, he takes a job as a taxi driver. But the money is not enough, so he comes up with a variety of crazy and desperate business schemes to get out of debt.

Burden of Peace / Paz y Paz

  • Thursday, April 14, 2016
  • Guatemala / Netherlands, 2015, 77 min. Documentary
  • Spanish w/ English subtitles
  • Directors: Joey Boink & Sander Wirken

When Claudia Paz y Paz became Guatemala’s first female Attorney General in 2010, only 2% of murder cases were solved and the crimes committed during the civil war were still unpunished. By the time she left office four years later, 30 of every 100 murder cases were solved.

All audiences are welcome to join us at this program. Captioning, ASL Interpretation and Audio-Description services will be available upon request by contacting the number above.

Poster: the 24th annual UIC Chicago Latino Film Festival [PDF]

Admissions: Free

Location: 803 S. Morgan St. LCB2 Chicago, IL 60607

Co-sponsors: The UIC Chicago Latino Film Festival is presented in collaboration with the International Latino Cultural Center of Chicago. We thank our sponsors: The UIC Chancellor’s Committee on the Status of Latinos (CCSL), the Latin American and Latino Studies Program (LALS), and the Latin American Recruitment and Educational Services Program (LARES); and student organization co-sponsors: Hispanic Alliance for Career Enhancement (HACE), Latino Planning Organization for Development, Education, and Regeneration (LPODER), and Mexican Students de Aztlán (MeSA).

Contact

Edith Tovar

Date posted

Jul 16, 2018

Date updated

Jul 16, 2018