Spanish Film Festival, Oct. 24-26

Knox College presents a film festival, ?Family Dynamics and Body Politics: Women Directors of the Spanish-Speaking World,? Friday through Sunday, October 24, 25 and 26, at the Orpheum Theatre, 57 S. Kellogg, Galesburg, Illinois. The festival features six films in Spanish with English subtitles. The films carry the equivalent of the "R" rating under the MPAA rating system used in the United States. The films are free and open to the public.

Jan Lisa Huttner, a film critic in Chicago and founder of Women in the Audience Supporting Women Now, will speak at the festival's opening night.

"Each film portrays female protagonists who must face both physical and family issues," said Robin Ragan, associate professor of Spanish at Knox, who arranged the festival. "The films take objectionable social norms such as 'fat,' 'transgender,' 'abused,' and 'dying' and link them to the problem of creating an identity."

Festival Schedule:

Friday, October 24
At 7 p.m., "Te doy mis ojos," by Ic?ar Boll?in of Spain; and at 9 p.m., "XXY," by Luc?a Puenzo of Argentina.

Saturday, October 25
At 7 p.m., "Madeinusa," by Claudia Llosa of Peru; and at 9 p.m., "Sexo por compasi?n" by Laura Ma?? of Spain.

Sunday, October 26
At 2 p.m., "Real Women Have Curves" by Patricia Cardoso of Colombia; and at 5 p.m., "Ni?a santa," by Lucrecia Martel of Argentina.

The film festival is sponsored by the Program for Cultural Cooperation between Spain's Ministry of Culture and United States Universities with additional support from Knox College, including the Joseph and Clara Johnson Fund for Modern Languages, Spanish Club, Lo Nuestro, Intercultural Life, Finley Lectureship, Cultural Events Committee, Office of the Dean of Students, Students Against Sexism in Society, and the Center for Global Studies.

Founded in 1837, Knox is a national liberal arts college in Galesburg, Illinois, with students from 48 states and 42 nations. Knox's 'Old Main' is a National Historic Landmark and the only building remaining from the 1858 Lincoln-Douglas debates.