Film and Speaker: "Ixcanul" ("Volcano")

In this award-winning drama, danger arises from a marriage arranged for a Kaqchikel girl living in Guatemala. Dylon Robbins of NYU will speak following the screening. Unrated. 1 hour, 33 minutes.

Following the screening, Dylon Robbins, associate professor and director, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at NYU, will give a talk.

This 2015 drama, written and directed by Jayro Bustamente as his directorial debut, tells the story of Maria (María Mercedes Coroy), whose parents have secured an arranged marriage to plantation foreman Ignacio. Meanwhile, she becomes involved with Pepe, a young man who plans to emigrate from Guatemala to the United States. Her situation becomes urgent when snakes take over the plantation, so that Maria's family cannot sow their fields, and the consequences of Maria's relationship with Pepe become serious. 

As a landmark accomplishment of cinema from Guatemala and the first film to be scripted in the Mayan, Kaqchikel language, this film will be screened as part of the library's celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month and in association with Indigenous Peoples' Day.

The screening will be shown with English subtitles. 

This unrated film contains mature content and is intended only for an adult audience. 

Presented with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this programming do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

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