Texas A&M University-Kingsville

Hispanic film club to host award winning director/producer

KINGSVILLE - March 29, 2006

Contact: Julie Navejar
kajam03@tamuk.edu or 361-593-2590

Cinemateca, the Hispanic film club at Texas A&M University-Kingsville, will host a day-long visit by Ray Santisteban, a director and producer whose work often explores Latino themes when he visits campus Tuesday, April 4.

The day will begin at 10 a.m. with Art in Cinema, a screening of Vincent Valdez: The Art of Boxing. The film will be shown at the Ben Bailey Art Gallery with discussion following.

Santisteban will present Feed Your Eyes: Vignettes of Ray Santisteban Film Production at noon in the Alumni Room of Honor in the Memorial Student Union Building.

Snapshots of Film Production, an open discussion with Santisteban and developing filmmakers will be held at 4 p.m. in room 165 of Manning Hall. Those interested in sharing a film project with the group should contact the radio and television unit at 361-593-3497 to make a reservation.

The main event of the day will be a screening of Santisteban’s film Voices from Texas at 7 p.m. in room 100 of the Biology Earth Sciences building. The film will be followed by a discussion with Santisteban.

The day of events is sponsored by the language and literature department, the communications and theatre arts department, the art department, the office of the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and the Office of Enrollment Management.

For more information, call 361-593-2516.


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