Quinceñera exhibit film series: Quinceañera (2006)
- Event Date: Tuesday, September 20, 2022
- Time: 7:00 pm (CDT)
- Location: Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory St., Urbana, IL
Quinceañera (2006, dir. Richard Glatzer & Wash Westmoreland) - 90 mins.
Discussion with Dr. Angharad Valdivia, Ariana Cano, and Stephanie Pérez, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Set in the rapidly gentrifying Los Angeles neighborhood of Echo Park, quinceañera Magdalena (Emily Rios) and her cousin Carlos (Jesse Garcia) experience a coming of age in which they grapple with their Mexican-American identity, sexuality, and family.
Ambientada en el barrio de Echo Park de Los Ángeles, que se está aburguesando rápidamente, la quinceañera Magdalena (Emily Rios) y su primo Carlos (Jesse García) atraviesan la madurez en la que lidian con sus identidades mexicano-estadounidenses, sus sexualidades, y su familia.
Contact
For further information on this event, contact the Museum Information Desk at spurlock-museum@illinois.edu (email link) or (217) 333-2360.
All participants are welcome. To request disability-related accommodations for this event, please contact Brian Cudiamat at cudiamat@illinois.edu (email link) or (217) 244-5586.