ESU’s Latino Film Series to Host Screening and Discussion on Afro-Latin American Identity

Posted by: Elizabeth Richardson on February 7, 2023, No Comments

In celebration of Black History Month, the East Stroudsburg University Latino Film Series will host a screening of La Playa D.C. (Colombia, 2012, directed by Juan Andrés Arango) in Kemp Library on Wednesday, February 15 at 5 p.m.

La Playa D.C. provides a focus on the reality of Afro-Colombians in the nation’s capital city of Bogotá. After the screening, Annie Mendoza, Ph.D., associate professor of modern languages will lead a discussion and question and answer session.

The event is hosted by ESU’s Department of Modern Languages, Philosophy & Religion; the Center for Multicultural Affairs & Inclusive Education; and the Kemp Library. The movie screening and discussion are open to the public at no cost.