Tuesday, November 02, 2010

The Peruvian film "Contracorriente" (Undertow), winner of the 2010 Sundance Audience Award, will be show at 7 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 11 in Lumina Theater at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. The showing is free and open to the public.

Peru’s official submission to the 83rd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, "Undertow" presents the emotional intersection of contemporary sexuality confronted by tradition and belief, set against sweeping images of the beautiful Peruvian coastline. The San Francisco Chronicle has called the film "gorgeous and heartbreaking." View the movie trailer at: www.undertowfilm.com/trailer.html

This showing of "Undertow," sponsored by UNCW’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered, Questioning, Intersex and Allied (LGBTQIA) Resource Office, is taking place in Wilmington before the film's official opening in New York and Los Angeles. Take advantage of this opportunity to be one of the first to see a movie that is likely to make numerous "best of" lists for the year.

Media contact:
Dana Fischetti, media relations manager, 910.508.3127 or fischettid@uncw.edu