About the Event
ROMA (2018, US, 135 min., directed by Alfonso Cuarón)
5:30 PM Reception
7:00 PM Film screening, followed by a Q&A
Cleo is one of two domestic workers who help Antonio and Sofía take care of their four children in 1970s Mexico City. Complications soon arise when Antonio suddenly runs away with his mistress and Cleo finds out that she’s pregnant. When Sofía decides to take the kids on vacation, she invites Cleo for a much-needed getaway to clear her mind and bond with the family.
Panel for a Q&A:
Panelists: Luis Duno-Gottberg (Associate Professor of Caribbean & Film Studies at the Department of Spanish, Portuguese & Latin American Studies, Rice University), Sophie Esch (Assistant Professor of Mexican & Central American Literature and Culture at the Department of Spanish, Portuguese & Latin American Studies, Rice University), David Medina (Director of Multicultural Community Relations at the Office of Public Affairs, Rice University).
Moderator: Oihane Iglesias Telleria (graduate student at the Department of Religion, Rice University).
Free and open to the public
The screening is sponsored by Multicultural Community Relations in Public Affairs.
Parking for the event: West Lot - $5 (flat fee)
Directions to Rice Cinema, Rice Media Center:
Entrance #8 via University Blvd and Stockton Drive
For specific directions from ay location Google Map: Rice Cinema
For parking: parking.rice.edu
Shuttle service: transportation.rice.edu
Campus maps: maps.rice.edu
