Arts & Culturevia Duke UniversitySee source

NCLAFF. Latin American Cinema in the 21st Century. Symposium

Friday, November 13, 2026

3:00 PM EST – 7:00 PM EST

Rubenstein Arts Center, Ruby Lounge

Rubenstein Arts Center, Ruby Lounge, Durham, NC

View on map

Hosted by Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS)

About this event

S y m p o s i u m Latin American Cinema in the 21st Century RUBY LOUNGE. Rubenstein Arts Center. Duke University. 3:00 pm. Followed by a Reception. 3:00 pm. Welcome

Miguel Rojas Sotelo. Director NCLAFF. On the state of LA film. Session I (3:10 pm - 4:10 pm) Verónica Gariboto, UNC-Chapel Hill. Romance Studies "Uneven Geographies: Reproductive Rights in Contemporary Latin American Cinema"

Sharran Lane, UNC-Chapel Hill. Romance Studies "Children in LA Contemporary Film"

Mateus Sanches Duarte, Duke University. Romance Studies "In the Heart of the World: Contemporary Peripheral Cinemas of Brazil and Argentina"

4:10 pm. Break | Coffee

Session II (4:20 pm - 5:20 pm) Pedro Lopes de Almeida, UNC-Chapel Hill. Romance Studies "From the Quarters to the Streets: A Quarter Century of Brazilian Queer Cinema in Four Acts".

Manuel Sánchez Cabrera, Catabwa College. Modern Foreign Languages. "The Impossible Dilemma. Third Cinema in Honduras"

Sandra Sotelo-Miller, Duke University, Thompson Writing Program "On Teaching with Latin American Film"

5:20 pm. Break

Session III (5:30 pm - 6:30 pm) Nicolly Monteiro dos Santos, Duke University "Reversing the Gaze: Indigenous Women Filmmakers and the Museum in Brazil."

Gabriel Eljaiek-Rodríguez. National Humanities Center Lloronas, Chupacabras, and Other Creatures. Latin American Folklore on Screen Gabriella Badillo. Filmmaker and producer. On making 68 Voces | 68 Corazones.

6:30 pm. Reception. NCLAFF 40/40 Celebration. By invitation.

Handy on EventPrism

Weather at the event

Check the forecast for the event location before you head out

Your plans

Keep joined events together instead of hunting through old links

Event updates

Keep the details and any EventPrism discussion close at hand

NCLAFF. Latin American Cinema in the 21st Century. Symposium | EventPrism