Date: September 26th, 2023 | 6:00 – 8:00 PM
Where: St. John’s College
UBC: 2111 Lower Mall, Vancouver, BC
This event is free to attend and is child-friendly, but space is limited so please register ASAP.
Film
Name: Meli
Length: 20 minutes
Language: Mapudungun
Director: Ayelén Lonconao
Indigenous Director: Yes
Female Director: Yes
Country: Chile
Nation: Mapuche
Year: 2020
Genre: Fiction
Synopsis:
Melisa is a young Mapuche woman who at a young age emigrated with her family from her lof Mapu to the city in search of better living conditions. Already an adult, and soon to finish her university studies, she begins to experience inexplicable situations and dreams. She has received an ancestral calling.