Latin American Film Festival: "8 Historias Sobre Mi Hipoacusia" (2021, Argentina & Uruguay)

Description

The 2024 Latin American Film Festival continues with 8 Historias Sobre Mi Hipoacusia (8 Stories About My Hearing Loss), a 2021 film from Argentina and Uruguay. The film is in Spanish with English subtitles.

Charo Mato's autobiographical documentary is a poignant exploration of her life journey. Diagnosed with bilateral sensorineural progressive hearing loss in first grade, she became fully deaf by 23, opting for cochlear implants against her parents' wishes. The film, structured around eight stories, seamlessly weaves childhood memories, scientific explanations, and poetic reflections on life and language. Mato uses the documentary as a personal processing tool, resulting in a beautiful and highly intimate celebration of the experiences of those with hearing loss.

The 2024 Latin American Film Festival is hosted by the Program in Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies and co-sponsored by the Aronson Center for International Studies, the Center for Advanced Media Studies, and the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures.