Image courtesy of director Glorimar Marrero Sánchez.

Tuesday, March 3, 2026
4:00pm
Lydeen Library, Rolfe Hall Room #4302
In person. Advance registration required.

Advance Registration Required

Seating is limited and advance registration is required.

Please note that this event is at capacity and we can no longer accept RSVPs. The event organizers will reach out to confirm attendance with individuals who already RSVPd on Friday, February 27. We will be checking names of confirmed attendees at the event and will not be able to accommodate you if you are not on the list. Thank you for your understanding!

For questions or concerns, please contact Lisset at lisset@humnet.ucla.edu

This talk is co-sponsored by the Department of Comparative Literature and the Department of Spanish & Portuguese. 

About the Talk

Puerto Rican filmmaker and interdisciplinary artist Glorimar Marrero Sánchez works across fiction, hybrid cinema, installation, and photography to explore the intersections of colonialism, environment, embodiment, and health in the Caribbean. This event will feature excerpts from her award-winning debut feature La Pecera (The Fishbowl), which premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival and became the first Puerto Rican film nominated for the Goya Award for Best Ibero-American Film, followed by presentations of her current projects.

Marrero Sánchez’s work engages the ongoing health and environmental crisis in Vieques, where decades of U.S. military activity left a legacy of contamination and chronic illness. Her interdisciplinary project UNDERWATER / BAJO AGUA examines these afterlives through questions of ecological justice, colonial violence, and community survival.

A response by Ana Ugarte, Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature, will follow the presentation and lead into audience discussion.