ESU Holds Latino Heritage Month Film Series

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Posted by: Elizabeth Richardson on September 12, 2025, No Comments

East Stroudsburg University celebrates Latino Heritage Month with its 12th Latino Heritage Film Series. The festival will be held on Saturday, September 27 at Pocono Cinema & Cultural Center, 88 S. Courtland St., East Stroudsburg. The festival is co-sponsored by the Department of Modern Languages, Philosophy, and Religion and the ESU Foundation.

Kicking off the film festival will be Querido trópico /Beloved Tropic at 1:30 p.m. Querido trópico, shown in Spanish and English with subtitles, is about a pregnant immigrant from Colombia who connects with a wealthy woman suffering from dementia in Panama City, and their lives intertwine. There will be a Q&A with director Ana Endara Mislov following the screening.

Fenómenos naturales /Natural Phenomena will be shown at 4 p.m. in Spanish and English with subtitles. Fenómenos naturales is a tropical Cuban reinterpretation of The Wizard of Oz. Vilma is a crack shot eager to enter the national skeet shooting competition. Unfortunately for her, pregnant women are barred from competing, dashing her hopes — until a freak tornado whisks her over the rainbow to Niña Bonita, the isle hosting the tournament. Donning a blue dress and red slippers, Vilma sets out to prove her mettle in a strange land. There will be a Q&A with the director, Marcos Díaz Sosa, following the screening.

Both films are free and open to the public. For further information contact Annie Mendoza, Ph.D., professor of modern languages at (570) 422-3842 or email amendoza@esu.edu.