The Latin American Studies Association (LASA) is proud to present its Fall 2025 Film Series at the Latin American Cultural Center (LACC) in Oakland.

The LACC Film Series will occur on three Thursdays between October and December 2025. All programming includes one short film and one fiction feature.

Join us in this must-see series, as we explore issues related to Latin American stories, art, culture, environmental concerns, social struggles, and points of view.

Film Series II

Short + Fiction

Showtime: 6:00 PM
Total screening time:  115 minutes

Reserva (Esto no es un huemul) Reserve (This is not a huemul) Directed by Eduardo Cabello Chile, 2022, 25 minutes Spanish w/ English subtitles

Documental

En un recorrido por la Reserva Biológica de Huilo-Huilo, espacio de conservación privada en el sur de Chile, distintas voces y miradas intentan comprender qué es una reserva y cuáles son sus implicancias para el espacio donde se encuentran. Desde una perspectiva reflexiva y lúdica, el viaje se desplaza por diversos momentos y lugares, remontándose en la historia para responder las numerosas preguntas que surgen en el trayecto.

On a tour of the Huilo-Huilo Biological Reserve, a private conservation space in southern Chile, different voices and perspectives try to understand what a reserve is and what its implications are for the space where they are located. From a reflective and playful perspective, the journey travels through various times and places, going back in history to answer the many questions that arise along the way.

Lifting the Green Screen Tras el velo verde Directed by Claudia Giannetto Producer & Researcher Clate Korsant Costa Rica/United States, 2020, 90 minutes Spanish, English w/ English & Spanish subtitles

An ethnographic documentary

The film highlights the complexity of conservation practices in Costa Rica’s biodiversity hotspot, the Osa Peninsula. Concurrent with the growing sense of alarm regarding environmental degradation, climate change, and species loss, Costa Rica has been increasing its status as a leader in ecotourism, a “greening” nation with remarkable biodiversity, and a country that centralizes its environmental politics in influential ways. This film broadly covers the debates over environmentalism in practice and the local responses to land controls.

La película muestra la complejidad de las prácticas de conservación en la Península de Osa, un punto clave de biodiversidad en Costa Rica. A la par de la creciente alarma por la degradación ambiental, el cambio climático y la pérdida de especies, Costa Rica ha consolidado su posición como líder en ecoturismo, una nación en proceso de reverdecimiento con una biodiversidad excepcional y un país que centraliza sus políticas ambientales de forma influyente. La película abarca de forma amplia los debates sobre el ambientalismo en la práctica y las respuestas locales al control de tierras.