Argentine Film Wed 11/20

The final installment of the Latin American and Spanish language film showings features a film from Argentina this Wednesday 11/20!

MOVIE: Clandestine Childhood (2013) by Benjamín Ávila

COUNTRY: Argentina
FEATURED TOPIC: Mental Health + Political Violence
WHEN: November 20th at 7 pm
WHERE: Barnes Electronic Classroom / Hewes Library
TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NKG104RmmUSYNOPSIS:
After years of exile, twelve-year-old Juan and his family come back to Argentina under fake identities. Juan’s parents and his uncle Beto are members of the Montoneros Organization, which is fighting against the Military Junta that rules the country. Because of their political activities, they are tracked down relentlessly, and the threat of capture and even death is constant. However, Juan’s daily life is also full of warmth and humor, and he quickly integrates into his new environment. His friends at school and the girl he has a gigantic crush on, Maria, know him as Ernesto-a name he must not forget since his family’s survival is at stake. Juan accepts this and follows all of his parents’ rules until one day he is told that they need to move again immediately, and leave his friends and Maria behind without an explanation.



Free an open to all.

Sponsored by the Monmouth College Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures.

Spanish Film Nov. 6

The next installment of the Latin American and Spanish language film showings features a film from Spain, Country of Fear.  


When: Wednesday, November 6th at 7pm 
Where:  lower level Barnes Classroom of Hewes Library

Country of Fear (Spain) – A father tries to protect his preteen son, who is being bullied and extorted by a 13 year old female classmate.

Free an open to all.

Sponsored by the Monmouth College Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures.

Latin American Film Oct. 16

Join us Wednesday, October 16th at 7pm on the lower level of Hewes Library for the Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures Department's LATIN AMERICAN AND SPAIN film series.

The third of the screenings is the film "The Companion".  All five movies in the series relate to mental health, and featur topics such as body image, bullying, political violence, isolation, and disease. 

Free popcorn  - and all movies have English subtitles!

Latin American & Spanish Films Series

The Modern Languages, Literature, and Cultures department of Monmouth College is hosting a film series featuring Spanish language films focused on mental health.  All films are open to the public and will be shown in the lower level classroom of Hewes Library.  Don't worry - films will be played with subtitles and can be enjoyed by all!

Arte Público Hispanic Historical Collection

Hewes Library provides access to two digital archives of U.S. Hispanic history: Arte Público Hispanic Historical Collection. 


This collection "draws its content from the Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage Project, the largest national project ever to locate, preserve, and disseminate Latino-Hispanic culture of the United States in its written form, from colonial times to 1960."

Accessible on the EbscoHost interface, the databases are located on the Hewes Library homepage "Databases A-Z".

Series 1 "presents a digital collection of historical content - 17th century to 1960 - pertaining to Hispanic history, literature, political commentary, and culture in the United States. This collection conveys the creative life of U.S. Latinos and Hispanics – shedding new light on the intellectual vigor and traditional values that have characterized them from the earliest moments of this country’s history through contemporary times. The Latino-Hispanic American Experience offers a unique approach, focusing exclusively on the Latino-Hispanic history in the U.S." 


Series 2 "presents thematic content - 18th century through 20th century - focusing on the evolution of Hispanic civil rights, religious thought, and the growing presence of women writers from the late 19th and 20th centuries. Rare and relevant books and newspapers – including rare anarchist newspapers – are presented in their original form."

Content includes:

• Approximately 60,000 historical articles
• Hundreds of rare books by Latino-Hispanic Americans
• Hundreds of political and religious pamphlets and broadsides
• Content written in Spanish (80%) and English (20%)
• Content indexed and searchable in Spanish and English
• Over 3,000 issues of rare historical newspapers and periodicals, including over 75,000 pages of content
• Over 250,000 pages of personal and organizational manuscript content

Sample item from Arte Público: