Film: "La Guerra Civil" and Conversation with Dr. Rudy Mondragón

• Event Date: Thursday, April 13, 2023
• Time: 6:00 pm–8:30 pm (CDT)
• Location: Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory St., Urbana, IL

• Film

Dr. Rudy Mondragón is a UC Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow in the Institute for Research on Labor and Employment at the University of California, Los Angeles. He earned his PhD in Chicana/o and Central American Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. As an authoritative voice in boxing, he has been featured in ESPN, Fox Sports, Bleacher Report, CNN, Associated Press, New York Times, Washington Times, Washington Post, USA Today, El Universal (Mexico), Reforma (Mexico), and written for LA Taco, Remezcla, and We Are Mitu. As a photographer, his photos and writing have been featured in The Streets Magazine and Indian Country Today. In 2021, he was interviewed by actress, producer, and director Eva Longoria for "La Guerra Civil," a DAZN documentary about Mexican and Mexican American identity and the epic boxing matches between Oscar De La Hoya and Julio César Chávez.

This event is sponsored by The Roger Ebert Center for Film Studies, Media and Cinema Studies, and the Spurlock Museum of World Cultures.