Música, Sound, Espacios: A Latin American and Spanish Film Series

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.

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.

---

(João Nascimento, Brazil, 2021)

Audio: PortugueseSubtitles: English

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.

Special percussion performance by USF School of Music student.

About the film and director:

Location: Marshall Student Center 2500 Oval Theater

4103 Cedar Circle, Tampa, FL 33620

Parking information coming soon.

---

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 Department of History
• USF Film Analysis and Appreciation Club
• Sun-Ray Cinema
• USF Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Also check out other Entertainment events in Tampa, Workshops in Tampa, Arts events in Tampa.