Conversatorio
SIGMA DELTA PI – CHAPTER EPSILON BETA
SOCIEDAD NACIONAL HONORARIA HISPÁNICA
(NATIONAL COLLEGIATE HISPANIC HONOR SOCIETY)
Conversatorio & Tarde de Peli – Biweekly, Fridays at 5.30pm
Starting September 17, we will meet online via Zoom to chat in our biweekly Conversatorio and watch together a Spanish-language short-film or documentary through the free platform Kanopy available on the Alkek Library website. Our Chapter President, Yesenia Cardona-Cervantes will serve as moderator.
Conversatorio Zoom Link:
https://txstate.zoom.us/j/98002179193
September 17 – Las Marthas: A Curious Tale of Coming of Age in Laredo, Texas (USA, 2013)
[Mexican-American girls prepare to enter into adulthood at the annual debutante ball in Laredo]
https://txstate.kanopy.com/video/las-marthas
October 1 – Who is Dayani Cristal? Stories of Crossing the Border (USA, 2013)
[The body of an unidentified immigrant is found in the Arizona Desert. Director Marc Silver and actor Gael Garcia Bernal embed themselves in an attempt to retrace his path and discover his story] (Documentary Cinematography Prize at the Sundance Film Festival)
https://txstate.kanopy.com/video/who-dayani-cristal
October 15 – Life, Deferred (Vida Diferida) (USA, 2017)
[After the announcement of the policy known as ‘Deferred Action’, Vanessa, an undocumented teenager, contemplates the possibility of a future she was ready to give up on]
https://txstate.kanopy.com/video/vida-diferida-life-deferred
October 29 – Victoria (Spain, 2015)
[A young woman from Madrid meets four local guys outside a Berlin nightclub. They owe someone a dangerous favor that needs to be repaid that evening. And Victoria holds the key]
https://txstate.kanopy.com/video/victoria-0
November 12 – Tanta agua (Argentina, 2013)
[Divorced Alberto tries to reconnect with his estranged kids, Lucia and Federico during a vacation at a hot springs resort]