Recommended for AS, A2 and equivalent level Spanish.
Capacity: 158 places
Set in El Salvador during its civil war and based on the true story of screenwriter Oscar Torres’s childhood, Luis Mandoki’s VOCES INOCENTES tells the story of eleven-year-old Chava who has to face the realities of the adult world all too soon. Topics to be addressed include: the Spanish-speaking world: developments in South America, young people in society: their rights, their relationships within the adult world.
Led by Carmen Herrero, Manchester Metropolitan University.
Screening : VOCES INOCENTES 12A
Chava (Padilla) is an eleven-year-old boy who should be leading a carefree life. But this is El Salvador in the 80s and the country is in the midst of a civil war.