Hispanic Film Festival: El Abrazo de la Serpiente (Embrace of the Serpent)

The Office of Student Life and Leadership will show El Abrazo de la Serpiente as part of the International Film Series.

The 2015 adventure-drama from Colombia was nominated for an Oscar and named best film at the Mar de Plata Film Festival.

IMDB synopsis: "The story of the relationship between Karamakate, an Amazonian shaman and last survivor of his people, and two scientists who work together over the course of 40 years to search the Amazon for a sacred healing plant."

The film is rated R and runs just over two hours.

The 23rd annual Hispanic Film Festival at Augustana College will run on Wednesday evenings Jan. 10-Feb. 7, with films from Chile, Guatemala, Spain, Colombia and the U.S.

All films are free and will begin at 7 p.m. in room 102, Hanson Hall. The public is invited.

The full list of films to be shown can be found here.