Film and Discussion: Hija de la Laguna (Daughter of the Lake)

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Location: Browning Cinema, DeBartolo Performing Arts Center

At the height of the Peruvian gold rush, Nelida, an Andean woman able to communicate with water spirits, uses her powers to prevent a mining corporation from destroying the body of water she considers her mother. A gold deposit valued at billions of dollars lies just beneath Nelida’s lakes and leads farmers and Latin America’s biggest gold producer into conflict.

This film is not rated. It will run 88 minutes and have English subtitles.

A discussion will follow with Film Director Ernesto Cabellos Damián.

Presented by Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts, Center for Social Concerns, Department of Romance Languages and Literature, and the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center.

Free tickets offered at the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center box office.