Join us Oct. 6 for the PBS documentary Latino Americans
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Tuesday, Oct. 6, 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Watch EPISODE SIX of this award-winning PBS documentary series and stay for the post-film discussion led by Amelia Tseng
EPISODE SIX with post-film discussion about the role language plays in identity led by Amelia Tseng
In the U.S. culture wars, language plays a leading role, perhaps because of the way it shapes identity and can both create and divide communities. What does your language mean to you? Join Hola Cultura for a screening of the final episode of the PBS documentary Latino Americans: Peril and Promise (1980-2000), and followed by a discussion of language and identity with Dr. Amelia Tseng, Director of Bilingual Education at American University.
Tues, Oct. 6, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Petworth Library
4200 Kansas Ave. NW, Washington DC
METRO: Petworth
FREE and open to all!
More Latino Americans this fall!
ABOUT THE SERIES: Hola Cultura’s Fall Screening Series was made possible by the support of the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Library Association. We kicked things off on Sept. 8 at Busboys and Poets Brookland (the Washington Post called it one of the best free events of the week) followed by a fascinating conversation with the audience led by the Smithsonian’s Olivia Cadaval, a former director of DC’s storied Centro de Arte.
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See the photos from the Sept. 16 screening at the Mount Pleasant Library with Ana Patricia Rodriguez!
Aqui algunas fotos de la exhibicion del documental realizado por PBS anoche en la Biblioteca de Mt. Pleasant. La charla-discusion con la Doctora Ana Patricia Rodriguez interesantisima, y las empanadas peruanas, sin duda deliciosas.
Read about our Sept. 8 at Busboys and Poets with Olivia Cadaval!
Last night Hola Cultura’s Screening of the PBS documentary series Latino Americans, episode 5, was followed by a great conversation with the audience about how the Latino experience has evolved over the last few generations; while some things remain stubbornly the same.
The episode, which explores the period between 1965 to 1980, chronicled, among other things, how Latino teenagers rebelled against poor quality education at their East Los Angles high schools in 1968, leading the “Chicano Blowouts” that inspired a generation. Latino high school students were typically discouraged from attending college and steered toward unskilled labor jobs at the time—a situation the young Chicano activists were determined to change. CONTINUE READING
Thank you to our funders and our Fall Screening Series partners: Busboys and Poets, the DC Library and its Mount Pleasant and Petworth neighborhood libraries. We’d also like to thank the D.C. Mayor’s Office on Latino Affairs, Humanities DC, and the University of Maryland for their support of the work we do. Learn more: www.holacultura.com, 202-722-0335
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