CELEBRATE PRIDE MONTH! THESE PRAGDA LGBT FILMS ARE 50% OFF FOR 48 HOURS! USE THE CODE “PRIDE” AT CHECKOUT. Offer valid until 11:59pm EST, May 29, 2015. ATEMPA: DREAMS BY THE RIVER by Edson J. Caballero Trujillo / Mexico / 85 min / Zapoteco and Spanish with English subtitles Though born into a male body, Tino considers herself neither male nor female, but rather a “muxe,” a third gender that has been integrated into Zapotec culture. An intimate journey into the heart of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Atempa raises important questions about the conflation of gender and sexual orientation and the influence of culture on gender identity. Watch the trailer or order the film here: http://pragda.com/films/atempa. “A reflection on femininity in a community where women strive to find bigger spaces of power, despite the perseverance of the chauvinist culture.” – Carlos F. Márquez, LA JORNADA JALISCO ILLITERATE by Moisés Sepúlveda / Chile / 73 min / Spanish with English subtitles Chilean actress Paulina García (Gloria) stars as Ximena, a woman in her 50s who has learned to keep her illiteracy a secret. Jackeline is a young unemployed elementary school teacher who tries to convince Ximena to take reading classes. The two women discover that there are many ways of being illiterate, and that not knowing how to read is just one of them. Watch the trailer or order the film here: http://pragda.com/films/illiterate “Magnificently performed. Richly layered.” – THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER UNDERTOW by Javier Fuentes León / Perú, Colombia, France, Germany / 100 min / Spanish with English subtitles Miguel is a fisherman who lives with his beautiful pregnant wife in a small, traditional fishing village in Northern Perú. What nobody knows is that he is having a passionate affair with Santiago, a painter ostracized from the community due to his sexuality and agnostic views. The winner of 39 film festival awards (including Sundance and Miami Film Festivals), Undertow examines the complicated intersection of manhood, masculinity, sexuality, and tradition. Watch the trailer or order the film here: http://pragda.com/films/undertow. “Lovely, lyrical, near-universally romantic, and ends on a quiet grace note that is bittersweet perfection.” – SAN FRANCISCO BAY GUARDIAN SOUTHERN DISTRICT by Juan Carlos Valdivia / Bolivia / 109 min / Spanish and Aymara with English subtitles Bolivia’s official entry for the Academy Awards®, Southern District is a searing portrait of a patrician family in flux. In an adobe-tile-roofed castle, a statuesque matriarch reigns over her spoiled offspring and indigenous servants. As the mother squabbles with her self-indulgent, oversexed teenage son and clashes with her petulant lesbian daughter, her six-year-old boy wanders the rooftops unsupervised. Social change, however unwelcome, is on its way. Watch the trailer or order the film here: http://pragda.com/films/southern-district. “This magnificent production, a true work of art, could be interpreted as the epistle of a class in retirement, from which only nostalgia remains.” – FOTOGENIA. THE FISH CHILD by Lucía Puenzo / Argentina, Spain, France / 96 min / Spanish and Guaraní with English subtitles Celebrated writer-director Lucía Puenzo follows up her award-winning film XXY with this gripping thriller of forbidden lesbian romance set on both sides of Argentina’s class divide. 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. Watch the trailer or order the film here: http://pragda.com/films/the-fish-child. “The Fish Child is an upstairs-downstairs cross-border lesbian love-on-the-run thriller.” – SCREEN DAILY SUBJECT AREAS Gender and LGBT Studies, Latin American Studies, Women’s Studies, Cultural Studies, and Anthropology, among others. ABOUT PRAGDA PRAGDA is a cultural initiative that specializes in offering Latin American and Spanish films of educational interest for students, instructors and librarians. To learn more about Pragda, visit www.pragda.com. -- Pragda 302 Bedford Ave., # 136 Brooklyn, NY 11249 Pragda: www.pragda.com Spanish Film Club: www.spanishfilmclub.com ---- Learn to speak like a film/TV professor! Listen to the ScreenLex podcast: http://www.screenlex.org