[Brazil@Harvard] Reminder: Brazil Week, April 10-13: "The Arts in the Brazilian Diaspora"

*Fifth Annual Brazil Week: The Arts in the Brazilian Diaspora* ** April 10-13, 2007 Center for Government and International Studies (CGIS) 1730 Cambridge St. Cambridge, MA 02138 *Tuesday, April 10 6-8 pm CGIS S-020 * Opening and Welcome: Clémence Jouët-Pastré, Harvard University Keynote Address: *Jason Stanyek*, Assistant Professor of Music, New York University "On the Sonic Politics of /Brasilidade/: Performing Brazilian Music in the United States" Special Presentation: Capoeira Regional - Harvard Chapter *Wednesday, April 11 6-8 pm CGIS S-010 Tsai Auditorium* *Bernadete Beserra*, Universidade Federal do Ceará "By Way of Samba and Capoeira: Brazilian Cultural and Political Coalitions in Chicago" Moderator: Heloísa Galvão, Grupo da Mulher Brasileira, Boston Book launching: /Brasileiros nos Estados Unidos: Hollywood e Outros Sonhos/ Hucitec/UFC/Edunisc (São Paulo/Fortaleza/Sta Cruz do Sul) *Thursday, April 12 6-8 pm CGIS S-010 Tsai Auditorium* Film screening and discussion with the filmmaker *Sheldon Schiffer*, Georgia State University "Nailed!" explores the changing cultural demographic of urban Atlanta by following the personal experiences of Branca, a Brazilian immigrant, who gets entangled with the exploits of a con-artist looking to swindle her out of money for marriage. Branca seeks to find true love and a green card with an American man. She discovers that cultural integration costs more than money, and that the American man of her dreams is as elusive as the American dream itself. Moderated by: Carlos Eduardo Siqueira, University of Massachusetts Lowell *Friday, April 13 12-2 pm CGIS Tsai Auditorium* *Antonio Luciano de A. Tosta*, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champagne "Cinema Brasileiro-Americano? Estetica e Identidade em 'A Fronteira' e 'Nailed!'" *Darién Davis*, Middlebury College "Para americano ver?: Uma Breve Historia da Presença Brasileira no Cinema Norte-Americano" Moderated by *Clémence Jouët-Pastré*, Harvard University For more information about the events of Brazil Week, please contact <cpastre(a)fas.harvard.edu>.****** -- Erin Goodman Program Officer Harvard University David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies 1730 Cambridge St. Cambridge, MA 02138 tel (617) 495-5435 http://drclas.fas.harvard.edu