The University of New Mexico Arts of the Americas Institute, National Hispanic Cultural Center and UNM ARTS Lab will host a one-day conference “Moving Pictures: Hollywood to New Mexico” addressing Latino/Hispanic film. The conference is free and open to the public and will be held Friday, May 13, from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the NHCC Wells Fargo Auditorium.
Conference proceedings will explore Latinos/Hispanics in the film industry – past, present and future. Scholars will look at roles in New Mexico’s film industry and offer new insights on cultural technology and inroads made in film and media.
The one-day conference features nine scholars and/or filmmakers on three panels, incorporating experts from the film industry, academia and technology. It concludes with a screening of “The Bronze Screen,”presented by filmmaker and producer Susan Racho.
UNM Professors Steven Loza and Dorothy Baca of the UNM Arts of the Americas Institute planned the conference.
A sampling of conference presenters include University of Southern California’s Curtis Marez, Los Angeles filmmaker and producer Susan Racho, UNM History Professor Linda Hall, UNM English Professor Jesse Alemán, documentary filmmaker and producer Arcie Chapa and filmmaker Mara Holguin.
Sponsors include the UNM Office of the President, UNM College of Fine Arts, UNM Center for Regional Studies, UNM Ibero American Science & Education Consortium (ISTEC), UNM Latin American and Iberian Institute, UNM Southwest Hispanic Research Institute, New Mexico Humanities Council and Southwest Airlines.
For more information, contact the UNM Arts of the Americas Institute, 277-2286 or bevortiz@unm.edu.
Contact: Laurie Mellas Ramirez, (505) 277-5915