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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Good morning all, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Please join us for the next screening of the 2023 Latin American Film Festival,
</span><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Miriam Lies</span></i><i><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">
</span></i><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">(Natalia Cabral / Dominican Republic, Spain / 2018 / 90 min). The film will be screened in person at the
<b>Kitchener Public Library theatre</b> (KPL Central Branch, 85 Queen Street North) on
<b>Wednesday, February 15, at 7:00pm. </b>Professor Mario Boido will provide a brief introduction to the film and lead a post-screening discussion with the audience.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></b><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">The film will also be
</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"><a href="https://pragda.com/sfc-event/university-of-waterloo/"><b><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">available online for streaming</span></b></a></span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">
for one week, see below for details.</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Watch the trailer:</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">
<a href="https://vimeo.com/656742479">https://vimeo.com/656742479</a></span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">About the film.</span></b><b><i><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">
</span></i></b><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"> </span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">“Miriam Lies is the latest in an exciting and refreshing new wave of cinema from the Dominican Republic. For sensitive teen
Miriam (Dulce Rodriguez), life really shouldn’t be much more than sunny afternoons spent with best friend Jennifer, talking about boys and making preparations for their upcoming shared quincea</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">ñ</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">era,
an event celebrated mainly by upper-middle-class society in Santo Domingo. The product of a short, troubled mixed-race marriage, the shy teen is often made to feel like an outcast within her own working-class family for being darker than the rest, leading
her to find comfort in an online relationship with sympathetic suitor, and potential quincea</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">ñ</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">era date, Jean-Louis.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">When Jean-Louis reveals himself to be black, Miriam feels the weight of a badly broken society bear down on
her young shoulders, driving her to create a web of tall tales, excuses, and deepening cover-ups. With a cast that delivers some incredibly natural performances, this powerful debut feature from co-writer/directors Natalia Cabral and Oriol Estrada shoots sharp
criticism at the heart and mind of Caribbean society with a treatment as subtle as it is demolishing.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">You can also stream
<i>Miriam Lies </i>from Feb.15 until Feb.22 from the Festival Portal</span></b><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">. For access to the portal and to learn more about the Festival visit:
<a href="https://uwaterloo.ca/spanish/4th-annual-latin-american-film-festival-jan18-mar15">
https://uwaterloo.ca/spanish/4th-annual-latin-american-film-festival-jan18-mar15</a>
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of the Attawandaron (also known as Neutral), Anishinaabe and Haudenosaunee peoples. The University of Waterloo is situated on the Haldimand Tract, the land promised to the Six Nations that includes six miles on each side of the Grand River.</span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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