1. Hispanic Heritage Festival
English, Environmental Studies, Film Studies, Languages & Literatures, Latin American Studies, the Office of Sustainability, and the Alan Lutkus International Film Series
Welcome to SUNY Geneseo
Tin Dirdamal,
one of Mexico’s most controversial independent filmmakers, winner of a Sundance Film Festival award
and other film prizes.
Wednesday, November 9
2:30 – 3:45pm, Newton 203 Workshop: “The Making of Rivers of Men,”
Dirdamal’s documentary 7 years in the making that explores the legend, lies and tragedies of a Bolivian city that went to war over water.
5:00 – 6:00pm, Welles 111 Meet and Greet with Mr. Dirdamal
7:00pm, Newton 203 Rivers of Men (Mexico-Bolivia, 2011; 76 min.) Mr. Dirdamal introduces and discusses his acclaimed documentary, set in Bolivia,
that explores the lost relationship between man and water and, ultimately,
between man and himself.
A Special Event of
Hispanic Heritage Festival