La Partida and David William Foster Screening and Lecture: "Film and Overcoming Homophobia in Cuba"

Thursday, October 29, 2015 - 4:30pm

Collins Cinema

The program begins with a screening of La Partida ( The Last Match), Antonio Hens’ 2013 film about two teenage boys in Havana - both in relationships with women who provide their financial support - who begin a dangerous romance.

Following the film, Foster will discuss this and others that examine relationships within a Latin culture that has resisted nontraditional roles of sexuality. Foster is the Regents’ Professor of Latin American urban cultures and gender studies at Arizona State University. He has written extensively on Argentine narrative and theater, and has held Fulbright teaching appointments in Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay. He also served as an Inter-American Development Bank professor in Chile.

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