Experta Productora, Escritora y Directora Latina Visitará Pensacola ~ Accomplished Latina Producer, Writer and Director Visits Pensacola  English Version

La Universidad de West Florida presentará a Bárbara Martinez Jitney, productora de una película que se presentará próximamente, protagonizada por Jeniffer López y Antonio Banderas. Su plática, la cual lanza la Serie de Simposiums, que se llevará a cabo a las 7p.m. el 17 de Octubre en el Music Hall de UWF.

Jitner es la inspiración detrás del film que pronto será presentado, y el cual está basado en su investigación del pueblo Mexicano de Júarez.  Júarez ha sido apodado la "Capital de Las Mujeres Asesinadas" porque más de 400 mujeres han sido encontradas violadas, mutiladas y asesinadas.

Jitner dará una conferencia titulada "Homicidios en Mujeres en nuestra Frontera

Americana:  Ser una mujer en Júarez es una Sentencia de Muerte." La conferencia de Jitner da una conmovedora y personal mirada a la paralizadora pobreza y la discriminación sexual que ha hecho "la fuente de trabajo descartable" de NAFTA -seres humanos descartables.  Ella delineará los pasos les dará poder a la audiencia a detener este homicidio que está ocurriendo a sólo 50 yardas de los Estados Unidos.

El evento es gratis y está bierto al público.  Una recepción se llevará a cabo a las 6 p.m. en el Lobby del Centro de Fine and Performing Arts. Para información adicional, contacte la oficina de Diversity and International Eucation and Programs al (850) 474-2479 o visite www.ufw.edu/intered.

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The University of West Florida will host Barbara Martinez Jitner, producer of an upcoming motion picture starring Jennifer Lopez and Antonio Banderas. Her lecture, which launches the John C. Pace Jr. Symposium Series, will be held at 7 p.m., October 17 in the UWF Music Hall.

Jitner is the inspiration behind the soon-to-be released film, which is based on her research of the Mexican town of Juarez.  Juarez has been nicknamed the “Capital of Murdered Women” because more than 400 women have been found raped, mutilated and murdered. 

Jitner will deliver a lecture titled “Femicide at Our U.S. Border: To Be a Woman in Juarez is a Death Sentence.” Jitner’s lecture gives a moving and personal look at the crippling poverty and gender discrimination that has made NAFTA’s “expendable workforce” – expendable human beings.  She will outline steps that will empower listeners to stop the femicide that is occurring only 50 yards from the United States.

The John C. Pace Jr. Symposium Series is designed to bring distinguished scholars, artists and leaders to Pensacola for lectures, performances and a variety of interactions with faculty, students, staff and the public.

The event is free and open to the public.  A reception will be held at 6 p.m. in the Center for Fine and Performing Arts’ Lobby.

For additional information, contact the Office of Diversity and International Education and Programs at (850) 474-2479 or visit www.uwf.edu/intered.

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