Filmmaker Rodriguez speaks to film class, April 22

Event: Filmmaker Robert Rodriguez will speak in Charles Ramirez Berg’s “Latino Images in Film” class about his days as a Radio-TV-Film student at The University of Texas at Austin, his film career and his next film, which starts production next week.

This event is open to all students and is co-Sponsored by The Department of Radio-TV-Film, The Latino Media Studies Program of the College of Communication, The Center for Mexican American Studies and The College of Communication.

When: 5-7 p.m., April 22, 2008

Where: WCH (W.C. Hogg) Auditorium, WCH 1.120

Background: Best known for the films “El Mariachi,” “Desperado,” “Sin City” and “Grindhouse,” Robert Rodriguez studied filmmaking in the Department of Radio-TV-Film at The University of Texas at Austin.

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Contact:
Elizabeth MacLean
(512) 471-7083