LAFF 2021: The Awakening of the Ants now streaming for free

[Mario Boido]

Thank you to everyone who joined us last night for the screening The Awakening of the Ants (2019),part of the 2021 Latin American Film Festival!


Watch it again!



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If you missed the virtual presentation of The Awakening of the Ants (or you just want to watch it again!) you can now stream it for free until February 17th from the Festival portal: https://pragda.com/sfc-event/university-of-waterloo/<https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpragda.com%2Fsfc-event%2Funiversity-of-waterloo%2F&data=04%7C01%7CMatt.MacKinnon%40kpl.org%7C35b64adf37944be1e9a108d8b65f19b1%7C2e8f55d71f2a4d488a30830db5a5562b%7C0%7C0%7C637459866885788123%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=DamBLBh0i9E5EI2VErDPzm7kUdcii4sGg%2Fnq1ex7sCA%3D&reserved=0>   To log in, please enter username: SFC at UniversityofWaterloo and password: LAFF2021!



Save the date!



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The next film in the Festival will be Birds of Passage (Colombia, Mexico, Denmark, 2018), an inspired mob epic for the ages that offers a completely fresh take on the origins of the Colombian drug trade, far from Narcos and Escobar, as told through the story of an indigenous Wayúu family. The virtual screening will take place on February 24th at 7pm.

You can watch the trailer here: https://youtu.be/QV0uWf72ZQw
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Birds of Passage (2018) | Official Trailer HD<https://youtu.be/QV0uWf72ZQw>
When an indigenous Wayuu family becomes involved in the booming Colombian drug trade of the 1970s, greed, passion and honor collide. The ensuing fratricidal ...
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And get your free tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/latin-american-film-fest-birds-of-passage-tickets-132990172185


The 2021 Latin American Film Festival is organized by the Department of Spanish and Latin American Studies in collaboration with the Kitchener Public Library and the Pragda Spanish Film Club.


Hope to see you at the next screening!


Cheers,
Mario


Mario Boido, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Associate Chair, Undergraduate Studies
Vice President, Canadian Association of Hispanists
Department of Spanish and Latin American Studies
University of Waterloo
Waterloo ON
Canada N2L 3G1
Phone: 519.888.4567 ext 35621

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(To learn more about this statement visit https://uwaterloo.ca/arts/about-arts/territorial-acknowledgement)
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