Mount Vernon Lecture Focuses On Latino Film Experience

MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. -- The Mount Vernon Public Library will hold a lecture on Latino Film and Popular Culture on Friday, from 3 to 5 p.m. in the Grace Greene Baker Community Room.

The Latino experience in film will be discussed at the lecture on Friday.
Photo Credit: *The Mount Vernon Public Library*

Ken Davis

10/09/2015 7:30 p.m.

Professors Paula Halperin and Leandro Benmergui from Purchase College, SUNY, will discuss the Latino experience in film--starting with silent films, moving to black-and-white and then color films. The lecture will show how the depiction of Latinos changed over time in popular film .

Light refreshments will be served.

For questions, contact Nishan Stepak at nstepak@wlsmail.org.

The Mount Vernon Library is at 28 S. First Ave.

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