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Spanish & Portuguese Department SPAN

Writing Crime

“Writing Crime: Transmigrated, Border Subjects and International Violence,” a talk by Professor Ileana Rodriguez, Distinguished Humanities Professor of Spanish at Ohio State University. “In this talk, I examine the case of Doris Ivania Jimenez, a woman who was raped and murdered on November 21, 2006, in San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua. Implicated in the crime are Eric Stanley Volz, Julio Martin Chamorro Lopez, Armando Agustin Llanes Navarro and Nelson Antonio Lopez Danglas. Volz and Chamorro were indicted; Llanes and Danglas were exonerated.

Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

Open to the Public

Cuban Filmmaker R. Jimenez presents:

Cuban filmmaker Rigoberto Jiménez presents his documentaries “Four Women” and “Like Mountain Birds” (37 minutes each). Q&A to follow screening. Rigoberto Jiménez is one of the founding members of TV Serrana, an award winning community video project based in the Sierra Maestra Mountains of Cuba. TV Serrana works with and for the campesinos of the Sierra, reflecting in their videos the realities of life in the Sierra. The documentary productions of Jiménez have received both national and international awards.

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