Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere

Peron and the Jews (directed by SERGIO SCHLOMO SLUTZKY) Hebrew and Spanish | 2021 | 73 min | Documentary Sergio Shlomo Slutzky’s father is accused of having been another reactionary Jew who supported the 1955 military coup that deposed the government of Juan Perón. When Slutzky investigates his father's political DNA he discovers a young

Xuete Island (co-directed by OFER LASZEWICKI, DANI ROTSTEIN, FELIPE WOLOKITA) Spain: Catalan, Spanish, English | 2021 | 63 min | Documentary The Xuetas (pronounced Chuetas): a unique group of families on the Balearic island of Majorca who are believed to be descendants of the island's Inquisitionera Jewish population. The story follows Dani Rotstein, a Jewish-American

Throughout the fall semester, the Center for Latin American Studies will screen four notable works of Ecuadorian cinema from 1999-2020, hosted by Ecuadorian author Gabriela Alemán, the Kislak Family Foundation Writer in Residence. Each screening will be followed by a Q&A via Zoom with the film’s director and/or cinematographer. All films are subtitled in English,