We are excited to be able to screen a series of five films drawn from across the Spanish-speaking world, thanks to funding from Pragda's Spanish Film Club and the University Library's Lozano endowment. PRAGDA’S Spanish FILM CLUB introduces students to the linguistic, cultural, and cinematic diversity of Spain and Latin America.  The series begins on September 16, 2025 and continues through November 18, 2025 in the Rue Auditorium. All screenings are FREE and open to the Rider community and others.

Film Synopsis:

"Beautifully juxtaposing the realities and expectations of a young girl approaching womanhood in the Dominican Republic, Boca Chica shines a light on the insidious child sex trade and the lives it seeks to destroy.

Director Gabriella A. Moses exposes the community’s complicity by way of twelve-year-old Desi who is constantly exposed to unwanted advances and crude comments from older men, both visiting and homegrown. She works at the family restaurant alongside her mother Carmen, who encourages the behavior, in a once serene beachside town now bustling with foreign tourists."