Exhibition Film: Flor Silvestre

Thursday, December 13, 7:00 pm, Chiego Lecture Hall

From the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, renowned duo Emilio Fernández, filmmaker, and Gabriel Figueroa, cinematographer, team up for the first time. Silent film star Dolores del Rio stars as a beautiful girl of humble origins who secretly marries the son of a rich landowner. Tragedy strikes when ruffians disguised as revolutionaries kidnap the bride and groom. Mexico. 1943. Spanish with English subtitles, 94 min., B/W. Not rated.

Film introduction by Tomás Ybarra-Frausto, former Associate Director for Creativity and Culture, Rockefeller Foundation.