Música, Sound, Espacios: A Latin American and Spanish Film Series (Tambores da Diáspora / Diaspora Drums)

Música, Sound, Espacios: A Latin American and Spanish Film Series is a PRAGDA Spanish Film Club-sponsored event featuring Spanish and Portuguese-language films from the Dominican Republic, Cuba, Spain, Brazil, and Mexico that coincides with Hispanic Heritage Month from Sept. 15 – Oct. 15, 2025. The film series includes introductions from faculty and guest scholars, a Q&A with a filmmaker, and space for USF students and Tampa Bay community members to discuss music and sound in film.

This event is free and open to all students, faculty, staff, and the community. 

Thursday, September 25, 2025: Tambores da Diáspora (Diaspora Drums) (João Nascimento, Brazil, 2021)

Using stories, batucadas, and songs, Diaspora Drums addresses a political and cultural vision embedded in the course of two drums of African origin and their ramifications in Brazil, which move through rituals, cultural manifestations, musical productions, and social celebrations.

Audio: Portuguese
Subtitles: English

About the film and director: https://pragda.com/film/diaspora-drums/

*Special percussion performance by School of Music student.

Full Series:

• Thurs. 9/18, 5:30pm, Marshall Student Center 4200
  • Chico and Rita (Fernando Trueba, Javier Mariscal, Tono Errando, Spain-UK, 2012)
• Thurs. 9/25, 5:30pm, Oval Theater, Marshall Student Center 2500
  • Tambores da Diáspora (Diaspora Drums, João Nascimento, Brazil, 2021)
• Thurs. 10/2, 5:30pm, Marshall Student Center 4200
  • Boca Chica (Gabriella A. Moses, Dominican Republic, 2023)
• Thurs. 10/9, 5:30pm, Marshall Student Center 4200
  • La Singla (Paloma Zapata, Spain-Germany, 2023)
• Thurs. 10/16, 7:00pm, Sun-Ray Cinema (University Mall)
  • La Cocina (The Kitchen, Alonso Ruizpalacios, Mexico-U.S., 2024

The Spanish Film Club series was made possible with the support of Pragda, SPAIN arts & culture, and the Secretary of State for Culture of Spain. 

Thank you to all the sponsors and supporters of this series:

• USF Department of Humanities and Cultural Studies
• USF Department of Communication
• USF Department of World Languages
• USF School of Interdisciplinary Global Studies
• USF Humanities Institute
• USF Institute for the Study of Latin America and the Caribbean
• USF Film Analysis and Appreciation Club
• Sun-Ray Cinema

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Co-hosted with: College of Arts and Sciences, Film Analysis and Appreciation Club, Institute for the Study of Latin America and the Caribbean

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