LAST DAY! CELEBRATE PRIDE MONTH WITH PRAGDA: 25% OFF OUR LGBT LATIN FILMS Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month (LGBT Pride Month) is currently celebrated each year in the month of June to honor the 1969 Stonewall riots in Manhattan. The Stonewall riots were a tipping point for the Gay Liberation Movement in the United States. Don’t miss out on Pragda’s LGBT Pride Month hard to resist special offer. Three of its most popular films at 25% off! The three titles would make an important contribution to any collection of LGBT narrative cinema from Latin America. USE CODE PRIDE25 SOUTHERN DISTRICT (ZONA SUR) Juan Carlos Valdivia / Bolivia / 2011 / 109 min / Spanish and Aymara with English subtitles La Paz’s Zona Sur neighborhood is Bolivia’s most exclusive enclave and has housed the country’s affluent elite for generations. In an adobe-tile-roofed castle, a statuesque matriarch reigns over her spoiled offspring and indigenous servants. But social change, however unwelcome, is on its way. As the mother squabbles with her self-indulgent, oversexed teenage son and clashes with her petulant daughter, her 6-year-old boy wanders the rooftops unsupervised. The scent of impending decline permeates the air, and the threat of shifting aristocratic privilege heralds a new era in a seemingly interminable class war. Bolivia’s official entry for the Academy® Awards, this searing portrait of a patrician family in flux exposes the bubble of decadence in which they exist. With outstanding cinematography, Valdivia elevates camerawork from a craft to the level of art. RELATED SUBJECTS: Cinema Studies, Cultural Clash, Family, Gay and Lesbian, Sociology, Youth. Watch the trailer: http://www.pragda.com/films/southern-district UNDERTOW (CONTRACORRIENTE) Javier Fuentes León / Peru, Colombia, France, Germany / 2010 / 100 min / Spanish with English subtitles Highly acclaimed and hugely popular gay drama about a married fisherman in love with an artist, Undertow is the winner of 39 film festival awards. Miguel is a young and handsome fisherman who lives with his beautiful pregnant wife in Cabo Blanco, a small traditional fishing village in Northern Peru. What nobody knows is that Miguel is having a passionate affair with Santiago, a painter ostracized from the community due to his sexuality and agnostic views. When Santiago drowns accidentally, Miguel has to make an important choice that could cause him to lose the people he loves the most. With its emotionally charged love story, sweeping images of the beautiful Peruvian coastline, and excellent cast, Undertow examines the complicated intersection of manhood, masculinity, sexuality, and tradition. RELATED SUBJECTS: Cultural Clash, Family, Fatherhood, Gay and Lesbian, Grief / Trauma, Loneliness. Watch the trailer: http://www.pragda.com/films/undertow THE FISH CHILD (EL NIÑO PEZ) Lucía Puenzo / Argentina, Spain, France / 2011 / 96 min / Spanish and Guaraní with English subtitles Celebrated writer-director Lucía Puenzo follows up her 2007 award winning film XXY, with this gripping tale of forbidden lesbian romance set on both sides of Argentina’s class divide. A privileged teenage daughter of a powerful judge, Lala has fallen hard for her family’s 20-year-old Paraguayan maid, Ailin. The girls hatch a plan to rob Lala’s family to fund their dream of living together in Paraguay, on the shores of Lake Ypoá. But while Lala waits to be reunited with her lover in Ypoá, Ailin is detained in the outskirts of Buenos Aires for a crime she did not commit. Beautiful cinematography, a compelling love story, and a touch of magical realism make The Fish Child a must see film from one of the best Latin American female directors working today. RELATED SUBJECTS: Adolescence / Coming of Age, Cultural Clash, Friendship, Gay and Lesbian, Women. Watch the trailer: http://www.pragda.com/films/the-fish-child MORE FILMS FROM PRAGDA Explore Pragda’s new releases and entire collection of award-winning films from Spain and Latin America in our online catalog: http://www.pragda.com/films HOW TO ORDER Email your order to [log in to unmask], mentioning code PRIDE25. This offer is valid now through July 15, 2014. QUESTIONS? We’re here to help you bring the best of Spanish & Latin American cinema to your communities and classrooms. We encourage you to reach out to us directly with any questions or comments. Email [log in to unmask] or call (718) 473-0647. -- Daniela Bajar Pragda 302 Bedford Ave., # 136 Brooklyn, NY 11249 Pragda: www.pragda.com Spanish Film Club: www.spanishfilmclub.com ---- For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: https://listserv.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html