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Independent Film Series: "Voces Inocentes" (Rated R)

Join Dr. Rob Chester, film professor at the University of Maryland, as he guides us through the 2004 film "Voces Inocentes," directed by Luis Mandoki. The film is set in the 1980's Civil War in El Salvador where 11-year old Chava attempts to live a normal life of a child.

About Dr. Robert Chester

Robert K Chester grew up in England, where he developed a fascination with the films and popular culture of the United States. He moved to the US in 2001 and, after completing an MA in American Studies at the University of Wyoming, came to Maryland in 2003. He has been at UMD ever since‚ first as a graduate student, then as a member of the faculty‚ and his enthusiasm for teaching is very much intact. Dr. Chester's courses and research interests focus on the ways in which popular culture shapes narratives of US history, on which of those narratives become privileged, and on the place of marginalized groups within those narratives. He has an abiding interest in popular remembrance of World War II, and his publications thus far attend to war memories and their deployment to various ideological ends in the postwar period. He lives in Elkridge, MD, and likes to spend his spare time watching films, building Lego, walking, and following the mighty Forest Green Rovers.

Rated R

111 minutes (1 hour and 51 minutes ) in length.