Brazil Film Series

O Homem do Ano. The Man of the Year
Jose Henrique Fonseca, 2007

An unexpected chain of events takes Máiquel, a young Brazilian without economic prospects, from an innocent haircut to a spontaneous act of violence. Based on Patricia Melo's award-winning novel O Matador, this vibrant, gritty saga follows in the vein of recent Brazilian films such as City of God.
Free and open to the public. Screened in Portuguese with English subtitles.

Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Time: 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Location: CGIS South, Tsai Auditorium, S-020, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge

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Cultural Agents

The Graduate Student workshop Augusto Boal’s Forum Theater

Please join Cultural Agents to explore the power of inter-active theater to derail tragedies and discover options for the future, come to play with our creative graduate students who know that reading Boal and Freire is a first step to incorporating their leads.

Date: Wednesday March 18, 2009
Time: 6-8pm
Location: S-354-CGIS on the 3rd floor.

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Bate-Papo

Members of the Harvard Community can practice their Portuguese language skills and discuss Luso-Brazilian cultures in a round-table setting.
Co-sponsored by the Portuguese section of the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures

Date: Friday, March 20, 2009
Time: 4:30 - 5:30 pm
Location: CGIS South, Resource Room, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
Contact: Dr. Clémence Jouët-Pastré, cpastre@fas.harvard.edu

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Marcio Siwi
Fellow / Program Officer
Brazil Studies Program
Harvard University
David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies
1730 Cambridge St.
Cambridge, MA 02138
tel (617) 495-5435
http://drclas.harvard.edu/brazil