University Daily Kansan / Thursday, April 4, 1991
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Spanish films to be shown
Latin America movie festival will offer glimpse of life there
By Sarah Davis Kansan staff writer
Life in Latin America will be brought to life on the big screen.
- But not in Hollywood.
During the month of April, anyone at the University of Kansas can participate in the Latin America film festival].
Nancy Chaison, secretary for the Center of Latin American Studies, which is sponsoring the event, said that showing movies would provide an in-depth look at certain aspects of life in Latin America.
"These films portray an immediate vision and artistic expression of Latin America," Chaison said. "We want to provide the U.S. viewing public with film others than those normally distributed by Hollywood. It's another view of Latin America outside of schoolbooks."
The eight movies, such as "The Mission," "Alsino and the Condo" and "Macunaimá," were filmed in
different Latin American countries and will be shown every Monday and Wednesday during the month. How-
*The Mission* "will be shown tonight.*
Chaisson said the center tried to hang in the office of films from different countries.
"We tried to give more visibility to film producers, directors and actors in Latin America," she said.
Some of the movies are in English, and some are subtitled.
Professors teaching various Latin American courses at KU selected the movies, which will be used in conjunction with their classes.
Chaison said the movies provided an additional slice of education combined with art.
"We wanted to provide that format for classes, and we also wanted to provide it for the general public," she said. "They're feature films, not movies."
sor of Spanish and Portuguese, selected the movie "Macuaima" but was not requiring his Portuguese language class to see it. However, he taught students an important for his students to because it showed the culture of Brazil.
Antonio Simoes, assistant profes
"It reflects an idea about what you would find in Brazil," he said. "It combines a number of aspects of the same time avoids stereotyping."
He said that he planned to see the film and that his students could learn a lot.
"It will help them with language and it could help with the culture, depending on how they understand it," he said.
All films are free and will be shown at 5 p.m. in Downs Auditorium in Dyche Hall. More information about the films is available at the Center of Latin American Studies, 107 Lippincott Hall, 864-4213.
Clothing chain classifies customers by race
The Associated Press
JOPPA, Md. — A national clothing chain routinely records the race of patrons on the backs of personal guards in some cities, and is anism, a lawyer for the company said.
The practice by Cignal, a Joppa-based subsidiary of Merry Go-Round Enterprises Inc., was reported in yesterday's editions of the Bosten Globe. The 700-store company has six stores in the Kansas City area.
The newspaper quoted Jacqueline Perezck, a native of Colombia, as saying she recently noticed the practices at a Cignal store in Boston.
"For some reason I was staring at the lady's hand filling in the back of the cheek, when she got to the market marker, marked blank," the newspaper quoted Per-
Perezck, who came to the United States four years ago to attend Brandeis University, said the race section canceled check in a statement later.
"It is a way to distinguish one John Jones from another John Jones." Stacy Allen, a collection lawyer for the company, told the Globe. She said it was also a quality control mechanism and an integral part in all 200 of its stores in 38 states.
Telephone calls to Allen from The Associated Press were directed to Leo Doran, a corporate representative in Danon said the company had no comment.
Kith Foxe, representative for the International Council of Shopping Centers in New York, said it was the first time he had heard of such a
practice in the retail industry.
Allen told the Globe the information about race was taken from the customer's drivers license, but Perczek said the Massachusetts driver's license did not mention race. Neither does Maryland's drivers license.
Perczek said that after finding the notation on one check, she went through some back checks and found she was variously classified as "H" and "W." Allen said H stood for Hispanic and W for white.
"It's a classification that bogs," he said. "Whether I have good work or not, whether not yet determined. But morally, it's wrong. What purpose does it serve?"
Perczek's attorney, Donald Brown, said he was investigating whether legal action could be taken.
Wood carving
David Nelson, Lawrence resident, begins chiselling a piece of wood that will become a sitting bear cub. Nelson, a member of the Woodcarving Club, was carving yesterday at the Lawrence Senior Center, 745 Vermont St. The club offers workshops for beginning carvers.
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