Join the Center for Latin American Studies, the SPPO Club, and Columbus State Community College for the Autumn 2024 Latin American Film Festival. This year's theme is Liberation.

Films will be screened on campus at 6 p.m. on Wednesdays (location TBA). Online streaming is also available (registration required). More information about registration will be posted to this page once it's made available.

NI HÉROE NI TRAIDOR (Argentina, 2024) - August 28th: Matías dreams of going to Spain to study music far from a dictatorship. His problems come down to convincing his girlfriend to meet him there and to get around his father’s opposition. But the playing field changes completely when the Falklands War breaks out and he is drafted along with his friends.

La Yuma (Nicaragua, 2011) -  September 4th: Nicaragua’s first full-length feature in 20 years, La Yuma tells the story of a young woman who dreams of transcending her bleak life in the slums of Managua by becoming a boxer.

Miriam Mente (Dominican Republic, 2018) - September 11th: A quinceañera celebration exposes how racial prejudices affect a teenage girl’s choices, while shooting sharp criticism at the heart and mind of Caribbean society.

El Techo (Cuba, 2017) - September 18th: A deliciously offbeat romantic comedy from Cuba, On the Roof doesn’t shy away from tackling the problems facing contemporary youth.

Alice Junior (Brazil, 2019) -  September 25th: Alice Júnior is a celebration of rebellious youth that offers the potential for future generations to rethink outdated perspectives of gender, sexuality, and differences as a whole.

Guaraní (Argentina/Paraguay, 2015) - October 2nd: Part road movie and part coming-of-age drama, Guaraní portrays two generations of Paraguayans whose views of the world seem centuries apart. A long journey to Buenos Aires will make Atilio and Iara understand the real meaning of traditions and family bonds.

Partners:  SPPO Club , Columbus state Community college