Screening and Debate: The Second Mother by Anna Muylaert

The Second Mother (Que horas ela volta?, 2015) 
April 7th, 2016 @ 7pm

Directed by Anna Muylaert (Best Film at Berlin Film Festival and Brazilian entry to Oscar)
With Regina Casé (Best Actress at Sundance Festival)
When the estranged daughter of a hard-working live-in housekeeper suddenly appears, the unspoken class barriers that exist within the home are thrown into disarray. It's a story about two women, of two different generations shown by an outstanding performance of two actresses. The director easily overcomes the distance between audience and screen simply throughout their enormous empathy for the struggle between work and worries about their family.

Introduction and post-screening debate with Simone Bohn, Associate Professor of Sociology, York University.

In Portuguese with English Subtitles

Doors open at 6:30 pm and the session begins at 7 pm
Admission is FREE on a first come first serve basis

MODERATOR

Simone Bohn is an associate professor of political science at York University. Her teaching and research interests include Political parties, political development, and economy, women and politics in Latin America.

20 centavos screening this Friday, Nov 27, 2:00 pm

Latin American Studies invites you to:

Film Screening and Panel: 20 Centavos
Date: Fri. 27 Nov, 2015 2:00 pm

Location: Jackman Humanities Bldg. Room 100A
Please join us for a screening of Brazilian film "20 Centavos". Panel to follow.

In the summer of 2013, Brazilians took over the streets in a nation wide protest. What started as a protest against an increase in public transport fees in São Paulo, quickly evolved into a popular movement against many things (corruption, the government, and the World Cup were some of the items mentioned). Please join us to watch this documentary that tries to show how the movement quickly evolved into something quite different than the organizers of the first protests had envisioned. The screening will be followed by a discussion moderated by Mariana Mota Prado, Associate Dean for the Graduate Program at the Faculty of Law, and with the participation of Dr. Juan P. Marsiaj and Prof. Hudson Moura.

Watch the trailer of 20 Centavos here: