Aurora Picture Show Hosts Margarita De La Vega Hurtado for a Video Salon on Latin American Cinema
Aurora Picture Show hosts independent curator Margarita de La Vega Hurtado for a presnetation on "Latin American Cinema: History and Future, New Global and Diverse," on Sunday, January 17 at 1 p.m. at the Aurora Video Library, 1524 Sul Ross.
During this discussion, De La Vega-Hurtado will explore the history and diversity of Latin American cinema by looking at current artist works and predicting future explorations in the genre. There will be several clips from past and current works from the whole South American continent.
Margarita De la Vega-Hurtado (Ph.D University of Michigan, 1992) began her career as a film critic in Bogotá. She taught at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor for nine years and has curated film festivals about Latin American cinema, Colombian cinema, documentary and independent cinema. For five years she was the Executive Director of The Robert Flaherty Film Seminars (New York.) De La Vega-Hurtado is currently developing a program of film discussions, titled Cinematheque at Rice Cinema and working on the Houston Cinema Arts Festival.
When and Where:
1:00 p.m. Sunday, January 17
Location: Aurora Video Library, 1524 Sul Ross.
Ticket Info:
Admission to the Video Salon is free and open to the public. RSVP preferred. Please visit www.aurorapictureshow.org or call 713-868-2101 to RSVP or for more information.
Aurora Picture Show is funded by its stellar membership, Houston Endowment, Inc, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Brown Foundation, Texas Commission on the Arts, The City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance, the Nightingale Code Foundation, the Oshman Foundation and National Endowment for the Arts. Aurora Picture Show is a proud member of Fresh Arts Coalition www.fresharts.org.
