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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><u><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Hispanic Film Showcase Fall 2012<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The Spanish Program and the Office of Hispanic Outreach at Texas A&M University-Commerce present Gender Issues in Latin American Cinema at our Hispanic Film Showcase, third movie of the series. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>This fall 2012, the theme for our Film Showcase is Gender Issues in Latin American Cinema. This showcase is dealing with representations of “masculinity” and “femininity” as social constructions in Latin America, and how individuals cope with what culture demands of their gender choices.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Our third movie of the series is the iconic comedy-drama<i> Strawberry and Chocolate</i> (1991) a </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cubans" title=Cubans><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Cuban</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>-</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain" title=Spain><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Spanish</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>-</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico" title=Mexico><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Mexican</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> co-produced </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film" title=Film><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>film</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>, directed by </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom%C3%A1s_Guti%C3%A9rrez_Alea" title="Tomás Gutiérrez Alea"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Tomás Gutiérrez Alea</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> and </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Carlos_Tab%C3%ADo" title="Juan Carlos Tabío"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Juan Carlos Tabío</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>, based on Senel Paz<a name="_GoBack"></a> short story "The Wolf, The Forest and the New Man" (in Spanish, <i>El Lobo, el bosque y el hombre nuevo</i>). The story takes place in 1979, Havana, Cuba. David (Vladimir Cruz) is a university student and militant of the Communist party who meets Diego (Jorge Perugorría), an artist unhappy with the regime's attitude toward the censored conceptualization of culture. In spite of their different view of the world, b<span class=st>oth men realize that their friendship can span many boundaries -- age, politics, and gender preference between them--.</span><span class=osl><span style='color:black'> </span></span>[Spanish with English subtitles]. This movie is open to the public. [Rated R]<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Date: Friday November 16 at 6pm. All movies will be played at the Theater 203 in the Hall of Languages. </span><span lang=ES-PE style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Questions? please contact Dr. María Fernández-Lamarque </span><a href="mailto:maria.lamarque@tamuc.edu"><span lang=ES-PE style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>maria.lamarque@tamuc.edu</span></a><span lang=ES-PE style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>