Special Lecture by Professor Melissa Blanco Borreli

510 Bellevue Way Northeast,Bellevue WA 98004

09 October, 2022

Description

Prof. BLANCO BORELLI is a writer, dancer, cultural critic, Associate Professor of Theatre and the new director of the dance program at Northwestern University in Chicago. She has been faculty at MIT, University of Surrey (UK), Royal Holloway, University of London (UK) and the University of Maryland, College Park. Prof. BLANCO is the author of the book "She is Cuba: A Genealogy of the Mulata Body". (Oxford University Press, UK, 2016) 2:00 pm Prof. Melissa Blanco Borelli Lecture (in English) 2:30 pm Mulata Special Screening Feature Narrative Rated: PG-13 Country: Mexico Director: Gilberto Martínez Solares Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Dance Year: 1954 Running Time: 80 min. Spanish w/ English subtitles Start: Ninón Sevilla, Pedro Armendáriz, René Cardona Synopsis: Two mulatos, Mateo and Caridad, grow up together in a port in Havana, Cuba. Caridad is the daughter of a white man who died in a shipwreck and a black laundry-woman. As the years pass, Mateo falls in love with Caridad, but she falls in love with a Mexican captain, Martin. Martin falls into financial trouble and has to mortgage his boat to Guevara, owner of the cantina where Caridad dances. When Martin returns to Vera Cruz, Mexico, to resolve his troubles, Guevara feels he "owns" Caridad. What will Caridad do when Martin returns? This film has great music and dancing, including a risque performance of African "bembe", in which women tear off their tops and roll around in the sand.