Spring 2016 Events

Haitians cross the Massacre River on a bridge into the Dominican Republic near Dajabón. (Photo by and © Herminio Rodríguez.)

Bearing Witness to the 1937 Haitian Massacre

Edward Paulino
February 16, 2016

Five ladies having tea around a table. Still from “Tea Time"

CineLatino: Tea Time

Directed by Maite Alberdi (Chile, 2014)
February 24, 2016 | Part of the Spring 2016 CineLatino Series

Lula hands over the presidential sash to Dilma Rousseff for her inauguration in 2011. (Photo by Celso Junior/Agência Estado/AE.)

The Disintegration of Brazil's "Lulismo"

Vladimir Safatle and Ruy Braga
March 3, 2016

A feeding mosquito, an arm with a drop of blood

The Zika Virus

UC Berkeley Expert Panel
March 3, 2016

Man driving a bike, still from “Kingdom of Shadows"

CineLatino: Kingdom of Shadows

Directed by Bernardo Ruiz (United States, 2015)
March 9, 2016 | Part of the Spring 2016 CineLatino Series

Photo of an open pit mine photographed by Sebastião Salgado

CineLatino: The Salt of the Earth

Directed by Juliano Ribeiro Salgado and Wim Wenders (United States, 2014)
April 13, 2016 | Part of the Spring 2016 CineLatino Series

Three men carrying a corpse in a blanket

Screening: Point Blank (A Queima Ropa)

Directed by Theresa Jessouroun (Brazil, 2015)
April 14, 2016 | Film screening and Director's talk

Raúl Zurita holding a microphone with one hand and the other hand over his heart

Poet's Reading: "Sky Below"

Raúl Zurita
April 21, 2016

Elena Duran playing the flute

Música Sin Fronteras

Elena Duran
July 21, 2016