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A screening of the film De ída y vuelta/Back and Forth by Salvador Aguirre [2000].
USC Fisher Gallery, the Consulate of Mexico in Los Angeles, and the Division of Critical Studies in the USC School of Cinema-Television present a screening of the film De ída y vuelta/Back and Forth by Salvador Aguirre [2000].
The Border Film festival Features four films that focus on the US/Mexico border and examine where cultures clash and intertwine. The festival is co-sponsored by the Consulate of Mexico in Los Angeles and the Division of Critical Studies in the USC School of Cinema-Television. All films are subtitled in English. Discussions will follow each film, with the filmmakers in attendance [subject to availability]. Screenings will take place in USC's Lucas Hall Theatre, Room 108.
Salvador Aguirre has a track record as assistant to such directors as Ridley Scott and Paul Leduc, and it shows in his assured directorial debut, the saga of Filiberto's (Gerardo Taracena) return home after 3 years in the U.S., looking for a new start only to find his mother dead, his fiancé married and a deadly war over water with outlaw landowners. A powerful road movie on the Mexican campesinos' identity and the effect of immigration. Winner of Best Latin American Feature and various international prizes.
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