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El Abrazo de la Serpiente

Second film of the 2025 UWL Spanish Film Festival

Join us at the Student Union Theater for the second film of the Spanish Film Festival. Prof. Ochoa Campo will be presenting this film with discussion to follow.

From Pragda:

ACADEMY AWARD®  BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM NOMINEE

A breathtaking ethnographic odyssey through the heart of the Colombian Amazon, Embrace of the Serpent  is the epic story of the first contact, approach, betrayal and, eventually, friendship, between Karamakate, an amazonian shaman, last survivor of his people, and two scientists that, over the course of 40 years, become the first men to travel the Northwest Amazon in search of a sacred and difficult-to-find psychedelic Yakruna plant.

With nine different languages spoken during the course of the film, this hypnotic meditation on the beauty of nature and effects of colonialism is presented with an uncommon sense of curiosity rarely seen. The crisp black and white photography captures the extraordinary landscapes with a haunting, almost mythical sense of wonder, while the balance between documentary-style realism and dreamlike mysticism makes for a truly poetic cinematic experience.

When

Past occurrences (1)

  • 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 15

Where

Student Union Theatre, 120 Student Union

UWL campus map for building location and nearby parking lots.

University of Wisconsin - La Crosse Student Union

Contact

For questions about this event or to request disability accommodations , contact Dane DeVetter at 608.785.8325 or ddevetter@uwlax.edu.

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