College of LLL - Fall 2012 - Film Series

October 17, 2:30pm - 5:00pm
Mānoa Campus, Center for Korean Studies Auditorium

In the Navel of the Sea (1998) - Dir. Marilou Diaz-Abaya, 116 mins.

Pepito grows up in a remote fishing village in the Philippines, learning the trade of his mother, a midwife, a job given from generation to generation. While Pepito struggles to find his way with a profession meant mainly for women, his mother Rosa, who is a widow, becomes pregnant and fears the shame the pregnancy would bring.

Professor Pia Arboleda (IPLL) introduces the film and leads Q&A.

In Filipino with English sub-titles.


Ticket Information
Free

Event Sponsor
College of LLL, Mānoa Campus

More Information
Prof. Christina Gerhardt / Prof. Glenn Man, 956-4182, cg2020@hawaii.edu or gman@hawaii.edu, http://manoa.hawaii.edu/llea/?page_id=754

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