2016 Hispanic Film Festival Presents 'La Yuma'

The ANU School of Literature, Languages, and Linguistics, in collaboration with Pragda’s Spanish Film Club Series, The Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports of Spain, and SPAIN Arts & Culture, is celebrating its first Hispanic Film Festival in 2016.

The series is free and open to the public.

Nicaragua’s first full-length feature in 20 years, La Yuma tells the story of a young woman who dreams of transcending her bleak life in the slums of Managua by becoming a boxer. Looking beyond the meager possibilities that seem available to her (and ignoring the advice of her gang-member friends), she finds solace and hope in her training and falls in love with a middle-class journalism student.

Florence Jaugey / Nicaragua / 91 min / 2011 / Spanish with English subtitles

The 2016 Hispanic Film Festival will be offered on Tuesday evenings at 6pm on February 16 and 23, then on March 1, 8, 15, 22.