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

The LACC Film Series will occur on four Sundays between January and April 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: 123 minutes 

Comadre

Directed by Nicole Chi
USA, Costa Rica, 2022, 18 minutes
Spanish, English with English subtitles

Short, Fiction

Marielitos is a Mexican immigrant facing the last days of her job as Ale’s nanny, while dealing with the difficulty and pressure of looking for a new job in a country that stills feels foreign to her. She doesn’t speak English well yet, and her biggest challenge is the phone interview that she practices every day.

Cuentos de un día más

Directed by Eduardo Eimil, Sheyla Pool Pastor, Katherine T. Gavilán, Yoel Infante, Carolina Fernandez Vega Charadan, Alan Gonzalez, Rosa Ma Rodriguez, Fernando Pérez
Cuba, 2021, 105 minutes
Spanish with English subtitles

Feature, Fiction

Choral film in which the stories of new and established directors come together. In six narrative shorts, the reality experienced by millions of Cubans since the arrival of COVID-19 in the country is explored through fiction.