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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:18.0pt;color:blue'>Hispanic Film Showcase Fall 2013 <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"David","sans-serif";color:#DC2300'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:150%'><b><u><span style='font-size:24.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"David","sans-serif";color:#DC2300'>Hispanic Painters Portrayed in Film <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>The Spanish Program and Hispanic Outreach Office present the Hispanic Film Showcase for Fall 2013.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The topic this semester will be Hispanic Painters. The film selection will present biopics based on artists from the Hispanic world, who have been influential and recognized as world masters within the painting movement they represent.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Painting is a universal artistic expression. Hispanic culture has made a remarkable contribution to this art through time. Film, as a popular cultural expression of our time, has been also a vehicle to portray the lives of painters, their influences, and society of their time. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This fall, the combination of both of these arts presents the opportunity to learn about a selection of painters coming from the Hispanic world. The film selection will explore artists in their historic and artistic time.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The four movies of the series will be introduced by distinguished professors from the departments of Literature and Languages, Curriculum and Instruction, and Psychology, Counseling & Special Education.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Save the following dates and be ready to enjoy and learn about Hispanic Arts in films right here on the campus of Texas A&M University-Commerce!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:red'>Friday, September 20 </span><span style='color:red'>-- <i>Basquiat </i>(1996) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Introduced by Dr. LaVelle Hendricks, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Counseling & Special Education.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Synopsis: Jean-Michel Basquiat is product of the cultural blend and different ethnic origins (Haiti, Puerto Rico, New York) in New York City in the early 80s. The gifted painter starts out as a street artist to end in the generation endorsed by Andy Warhol.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>By director Julian Schnabel (<i>Before Night Falls, The Diving Bell & the Butterfly</i>).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>In English with Spanish subtitles. Rated R.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:red'>Thursday, October</span><span style='color:red'> 17-- <i>Little Ashes </i>(2008)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Introduced by Dr. Inma Lyons; Associate Professor, Department of Literature and Languages.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Synopsis: Madrid 1920´s. Three of the most important artists from Spain in XXth century -Salvador Dalí (painting), García Lorca (literature), and Luis Buñuel (film)- share their early careers at the Residencia de Estudiantes. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>By director Paul Morrison.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:ideograph-numeric'>In English with Spanish subtitles. Rated R.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:red'>Friday, November 15 -- <i>Frida </i>(2002)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Introduced by Dr. Chris Green, Associate Professor Department of Curriculum and Instruction.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Synopsis: A biography of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. Struggling with her paralizing injury and the marriage to the greatest Mexican painter, Diego Rivera, Frida finds a way to become a renowned world painter on her own in the midst<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>of changing times in the history of XXth century.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:ideograph-numeric'>By director Julie Taymor (<i>Titus, The Tempest</i>).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:ideograph-numeric'>In English with Spanish subtitles. Rated R.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:red'>Friday, December 6 -- <i>Goya in Bourdeaux </i>(1999)</span><span style='color:red'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Introduced by Dr. María Lamarque, Associate Professor at Department of <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Literature and Languages<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Synopsis: XVIIIth century Spanish court painter and world renowned painting<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>master Francisco de Goya (1746-1828), deaf and ill, lives the last years of his<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>life in voluntary exile in Bordeaux, France protesting the oppressive rule of Ferdinand VII.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=ES-PE>By director Carlos Saura (<i>La caza</i>, <i>Flamenco, Tango…</i>).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>In Spanish with English subtitles. Rated R.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric'><b><u><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#0070C0;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>Location: the Theater (Room 203) in the Hall of Languages at 5:30 pm</span></u></b><b><u><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#0070C0'><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric'><b><u><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#0070C0'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric'><b><u><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#0070C0'>Questions? Please contact Dr. María Lamarque at </span></u></b><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;color:#0070C0'><a href="mailto:maria.lamarque@tamuc.edu"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";color:#0070C0'>maria.lamarque@tamuc.edu</span></a></span></b><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#0070C0'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;color:#0070C0'><a href="mailto:maria.lamarque@tamuc.edu"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";color:#0070C0'>or Dr. Inma Lyons at </span></a><a href="mailto:inma.lyons@tamuc.edu"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";color:#0070C0'>inma.lyons@tamuc.edu</span></a></span></b><b><u><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#0070C0'><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric'><b><u><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#0070C0'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric'><b><u><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#0070C0'>This event is free and open to the public<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>