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	"event_id": "1146320",
	"eventinstance_id": "4211475",
	"calendar": {
		"id": 2095,
		"title": "School of Politics, Security, & International Affairs",
		"slug": "school-of-politics-security-international-affairs",
		"url": "https://events.ucf.edu/calendar/2095/school-of-politics-security-international-affairs/"
	},
	"id": "4211475",
	"title": "Film: Boca Chica",
	"subtitle": null,
	"description": "\u003Cp\u003EThis film is part of the 2026 Latin American Film Festival. In addition to the in\u002Dperson screening, the film will be available to watch on the festival\u0027s virtual platform for one week afterward.\u003C/p\u003E\u000A\u003Cp\u003ETrailer: \u003Ca href\u003D\u0022https://vimeo.com/905277507?fl\u003Dpl\u0026amp\u003Bfe\u003Dvl\u0022 target\u003D\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EBoca Chica\u0026nbsp\u003B\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u000A\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESynopsis\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u000A\u003Cp\u003ESpanish, English, with English subtitles\u003C/p\u003E\u000A\u003Cp\u003EWith Scarlet Camilo, Lia Chapman, Jean Cruz, Richarson D\u0026iacute\u003Baz\u003C/p\u003E\u000A\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003EWhy you must\u002Dsee this film.\u003C/em\u003E\u003C/strong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u0026nbsp\u003BBecause it is an example of the brilliant New Wave of Dominican Cinema. It tackles an incredibly important theme and it is written by the talented team behind \u0026lsquo\u003BPelo Malo\u0026rsquo\u003B (Mariana Rond\u0026oacute\u003Bn, Marit\u0026eacute\u003B Ug\u0026aacute\u003Bs). Moreover, the film won the Nora Ephron Award at the latest Tribeca Film Festival.\u003C/em\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u000A\u003Cp\u003EBeautifully juxtaposing the realities and expectations of a young girl approaching womanhood in the Dominican Republic,\u0026nbsp\u003B\u003Cem\u003EBoca Chica\u003C/em\u003E\u0026nbsp\u003Bshines a light on the insidious child sex trade and the lives it seeks to destroy.\u003C/p\u003E\u000A\u003Cp\u003EDirector Gabriella A. Moses exposes the community\u0026rsquo\u003Bs complicity by way of twelve\u002Dyear\u002Dold 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.\u003C/p\u003E\u000A\u003Cp\u003EMusic is Desi\u0026rsquo\u003Bs escape. She dreams of parlaying her nascent musical talents into a full\u002Dfledged singing career. When she stumbles across a group of local rappers that set themselves apart from the scene, her passions begin to boil to the surface. She seeks to avoid the common fate of growing mature before her time and falling prey to the morally bankrupt adults in her life who encourage her to forgo her innocence for profit.\u003C/p\u003E\u000A\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EBoca Chica\u003C/em\u003E\u0026nbsp\u003Bexplores themes of identity, family, codependency, and truth, and exposes how local social norms present the sexualization of very young girls as a path to survival.\u003C/p\u003E\u000A\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp\u003B\u003C/p\u003E",
	"location": "UCF Visual Arts Auditorium: 4000 Central Florida Boulevard, Orlando, FL 32816",
	"location_url": "https://www.google.com/maps/place/4000%20Central%20Florida%20Boulevard,%20Orlando,%20FL%2032816",
	"virtual_url": "https://ucf.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cUcfp8UFYN4aaG2",
	"registration_link": "https://ucf.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cUcfp8UFYN4aaG2",
	"registration_info": "Registration is free and open to the public for both the in\u002Dperson and virtual screening. The film will be available on the virtual platform for one week after the in\u002Dperson screening.",
	"starts": "Fri, 16 Oct 2026 16:00:00 -0400",
	"ends": "Fri, 16 Oct 2026 18:00:00 -0400",
	"ongoing": "False",
	"category": "Entertainment",
	"tags": ["School of Politics Security and International Affairs","Latin American Film Festival","dominican republic","Hispanic Heritage Month"],
	"contact_name": "Annabelle Conroy",
	"contact_phone": "407\u002D823\u002D5902",
	"contact_email": "Annabelle.Conroy@ucf.edu",
	"url": "https://events.ucf.edu/event/4211475/film-boca-chica/"
}