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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Please join us for the opening of the
<a href="https://uwaterloo.ca/spanish/afro-latin-american-film-festival">Afro Latin American Film Festival</a>, held in collaboration with the Department of Spanish and Latin American Studies, the Black Studies program, Kitchener Public Library, and the PRAGDA
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Our first film,
<i>A Bruddah’s Mind/Cabeça de Nêgo </i>(Déo Cardoso / Brazil / 2020 / 86 min), will be screened in-person at the Kitchener Public Library theatre (KPL Central Branch, 85 Queen Street North) on
<b>Thursday, January 18, 2024</b> at <b>6:30pm</b>. There is no charge for this event, but
<a href="https://kpl.events.mylibrary.digital/event?id=66541">registration is required</a>. Professor Mario Boido and Vershawn Young will provide a brief introduction to the film and lead a post-screening discussion with the audience. Light refreshments will
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">For more information, including description and trailer, registration, and streaming options, please visit our
<a href="https://uwaterloo.ca/spanish/afro-latin-american-film-festival">website</a>. We look forward to seeing you there!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">All the best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Kira<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">Administrative Manager, </span><a href="https://uwaterloo.ca/spanish/" title="https://uwaterloo.ca/spanish/"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">Spanish
and Latin American Studies</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none">University of Waterloo</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><a href="mailto:slas@uwaterloo.ca"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">slas@uwaterloo.ca</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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