Cine Clubs in Community: Video as a Tool of Knowledge, Creation, and Identity

Fundación Universitaria del Área Andina, Bogotá, Distrito Capital, Colombia
Texas State University, Texas, United States
Fundación Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Bogotá, Distrito Capital, Colombia

Cine Clubs in Community: Video as a Tool of Knowledge, Creation, and Identity

Fundación Universitaria del Área Andina, Fundación Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano, and Texas State University came together to create an audiovisual production and cultural diversity program. A study-exchange internship will allow U.S. students to work with communities and evaluate the impact of film clubs as a tool for social cohesion. Colombian students will partake in a research-creation internship by understanding the link between creative and cultural activities and social problems. Students will create an audiovisual product that will be presented to communities in both Colombia and Puerto Rico as a way to recognize cultural diversity and impact social reconstruction.