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Please join us for the final Chicago Film Seminar of the year at 6:30 pm on Thursday, May 22 to welcome a panel discussion, held in conjunction with the Latin American Studies Association, on " Theorizing the Politics of Cinema (2014)."   Panelists include:   Kathleen Newman (Iowa) , Cristina Venegas (UC-Santa Barbara) , Marvin D'Lugo (Clark University), Jens Andermann (University of Zurich), Luisela Alvaray (DePaul), and Laura Podalsky  (Ohio State).   Salom é  Aguilera Skvirsky   (UIC ) is the organizer/moderator. The CFS will return to our usual location  at DePaul's Loop Campus in the  Daley Building at 14 E. Jackson Blvd., Room LL 102, using the State St. entrance   located at   247 S. State . Thursday, May 22 at 6:30pm Kathleen Newman , Iowa Cristina Venegas , UC-Santa Barbara Marvin D'Lugo , Clark University Jens Andermann , University of Zurich Luisela Alvaray , DePaul Laura Podalsky , Ohio State   "Theorizing the ...

Please join the Chicago Film Seminar at 6:30 pm on Thursday, March 21 to welcome  Luisela Alvaray  (DePaul) for her talk, " Claiming the Past: Venezuelan Historical Films and Public Politics. "   Gilberto Blasini  (UW-Milwaukee) will provide the response. The CFS will be held  at DePaul's Loop Campus in the  Daley Building at 14 E. Jackson Blvd., Room LL 102, using the State St. entrance   located at   247 S. State . Thursday, March 21 at 6:30pm Luisela Alvaray , DePaul  "Claiming the Past: Venezuelan Historical Films and Public Politics" Respondent : Gilberto Blasini , UW-Milwaukee Alvaray describes her talk as follows: In 2000, the most financially successful film in Venezuela was Diego Risquez’ Manuela Saenz: La libertadora del Libertador , a revision of the life of Simon Bolívar’s best known lover. In 2012, famous Venezuelan performer Edgar Ramírez depicts Bolívar himself—a guiding force in the Latin American struggle for independence fro...