Film Screening: El Despertar de Camila

Thursday / October 31, 2019 / 7 p.m.
Buck Hall, Landis Cinema

What would you do with a second chance? At seventeen, Camila got too used to winning. Smart and beautiful, she has managed to achieve every goal. She loves swimming and doesn’t know failure. However, the water that has given her success in the recent past, now leads her to the biggest setback of her life: a cerebrovascular accident that will force her to reinvent herself with courage, humor, and love.

Inspired by a true story of bravery and resilience, Camila’s Awakening offers an enlightening way to discuss how we view disability and its portrayal in the media as well as a refreshing look at one of the world’s main causes of acquired disability that is surprisingly more frequent among young people than imagined.

Part of Lafayette’s 2019 Ibero American Film Festival.

Free for all! No tickets required.

Presented by the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Intercultural Development, Latin American and Caribbean Studies, and Film and Media Studies.