Explore Mesoamerica through two Mayan language film events this November at OU!

Join us Monday November 6th at 7pm in the Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation Auditorium in Gaylord Hall for a showing of two short films in Mayan languages: The Chuj Boys of Summer, about an Indigenous Chuj boy who moves to Colorado from Guatemala, winner of the South by Southwest Special Jury Award in 2021, and Campesino, the story of a family's struggle after the death of the father in an Indigenous Ch'ol community in southern Mexico. There will be a panel discussion with Luz Vázquez, screenwriter of Campesino, and Justin Royer (UC Berkeley, linguistics) and Carol Rose Little (OU, Linguistics), both specialists in the Mayan languages of the two shorts.

On Wednesday November 15th at 3pm in the Robert S. Kerr Auditorium at the Sam Noble Museum, join us for a special showing of Tote/Abuelo, a feature-length documentary in the Tsotsil Maya language about identity, family and indigeneity in Mexico, winner of the Ambulante Special Award for a Mexican Feature-Length Documentary and Best Mexican Documentary made by a woman in 2019. The film's director, María Sojob, will be at the showing for a Q&A with the audience after the screening. There will be subtitles in English for all films and receptions after each event.