Upcoming Events that you may be interested in checking out:

The Year My Parents Went on Vacation**,
Brazil 2006, Director Cao Hamburger
April 8, 2009
3:30pm
MLC Room 268

(Presented in collaboration with the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Institute at UGA.)
Genre: Narrative Feature

Set in the turbulent year of 1970, this poignant and humorous coming of age story thrusts twelve year-old Mauro (Michel Joelsas) into a maelstrom of political and personal upheaval. When his left-wing militant parents are forced to go underground, Mauro is left in the care of his Jewish grandfather's neighbor in Sao Paulo. Suddenly finding himself an exile in his own country, he is forced to create an ersatz family from the religiously diverse and colorful population of his new neighborhood. Mauro befriends tomboyish, street smart Hanna (Daniela Piepszyk) and develops a crush on Irene (Liliana Castro,) a pretty waitress in a local bar where everyone, including Mauro, an ardent soccer fan, gathers to watch iconic star Pelé in the 1970 World Cup championship which Mauro hopes to watch with his parents if they return to Brazil in time.

***Jeffrey Lesser, Winship Distinguished Professor of History and Director of the Tam Institute for Jewish Studies at Emory University, is a specialist on the construction of national identity in Brazil. He is particularly interested in how minority ethnic groups understand their space within the context of the nation.

**Space is limited. Arrive early


www.athensjff.org

Tuesday April 14th
4:00 pm
MLC Room 250

Daniel Desormeaux lecture "Can Former Slaves Write About Their Own Revolution? On Toussaint and Isaac Louverture's Memoirs".

This event is free and sponsored by the Office of Inclusion and Diversity Leadership, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, and Latin American and Caribbean Studies.