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Week 1 LAST 100
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Hi everyone, my name is Liz and I am a Latin American Studies major. I am new to the university after a rather long hiatus from studying. I am however, quickly gaining my feet and am eager to see what this class and school year has in store for me…and for us all. My interest […]
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Introductions
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As the first post on this blog, it seems necessary to introduce myself. My name is Christine Joy Ganase and I’m a fourth year psychology student at the University of British Columbia. My intention with this blog is to use it as a conduit for my thoughts, reactions, and opinions regarding the content explored in… Continue reading Introductions →
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Hello, my name is Sophie Chevalier and I’m a first year here at UBC. I was born and lived in France, but moved to the United States many years ago for my dad’s job. Most of my family still lives … Continue reading → read full post >>
LAST 100 blog
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My name is Leobardo Elizondo, im an exchange student from Monterrey, Mexico. I study chemical engineering in Tecnologico de Monterrey. I joined this course to learn more about Latin America and to know (try to understand?) the perspective people have about us. I REFUSE to believe that Latin America is just an idea (even if its … Sigue leyendo LAST 100 blog →
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Week 7 – The Three Burials Of Melquiades Estrada
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This film was pretty heavy for me to watch although I enjoyed the story very much. As I was watching it in class it reminded me of two of my favourite films Amores Perros and Babel. Both these films along with Three Burials connect all the characters stories although they all come very different worlds. …
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read full post >>Week 6 – Bananas
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Bananas opens with a very satirical tone. The first scene gives a perfect example of satire with the American reporter who introduces the movie by reporting from San Marco’s, “a Latin American country” as he says. He is reporting a political broadcast for “wide public sports” which I thought to be rather comical. His descriptions …
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read full post >>Week 5 – Fun in Acapulco
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I’m not entirely sure how I feel about the film Fun in Acapulco, moments of the film definitely had me laughing while watching it due to the ridiculousness of it. In the end I was just left confused as to what the whole purpose of the film was. The film opens with credits and we …
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read full post >>Week 4 – The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
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The Treasure of the Sierra Madre like the films we have previously watched in class set in a latin american country, specifically, in the City of Mexico. The camera makes it very clear in presenting this with a zommed in shot at the beggining of the film that focuses on what looks like a newspaper …
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