
The University of New Mexico
NEWS RELEASE
Contact: Carolyn Gonzales 277-5920
cgonzal@unm.edu
Nov. 1, 2007
A film, scholarly talk and poetry reading tied to African presence in Cuba and Brazil are scheduled at the University of New Mexico on Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 12 and 13. All events are free and open to the public.
William Luis, Vanderbilt University, presents, “Hurricanes, Magic, Science and Politics in Cristina Garcia’s The Agüero Sisters,” on Monday, Nov.12, 3 to 4:30 p.m. in the Ortega Hall Reading Room, located on the third floor, room 335.
Then, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. a documentary film about Afro-Brazilian communities of resistance, “Quilombo Country,” will be shown in Ortega Hall room 153.
On Tuesday, Nov.13, from 3 to 4:30 p.m., Afro-Brazilian poets Miriam Alves and Conceição Evaristo will present a bilingual poetry reading in the Ortega Hall Reading Room.
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