Queens University of Charlotte’s Department of World Languages and the Center for Latino Studies present “Ixcanul” (which translates roughly to “volcano” in the Mayan dialect of Kaqchikel).
The event is free and open to the public. It takes place February 24, 2017, from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. in Ketner Auditorium, Sykes Learning Center, Queens University of Charlotte.
The plot underlines the conflict between a mother who wants to marry her daughter to a man she does not like. The young woman would prefer to run away with a boy she likes, and both of them would like to immigrate to the United States eventually.
The film evidences the young woman’s confrontation with the modern world-a plot point that is based on the real-life, ongoing exploitation of indigenous people in Guatemala.
Steven Kropp, Guatemala Consul Ad Honorem for North and South Carolina, will make a short presentation before the film, and will lead a Q&A session after the showing of “Ixcanul.”
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