"Maria Full of Grace" is part of LVC's Colloquium Film Series on Dec. 1

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ANNVILLE, PA (11/10/2014)(readMedia)-- Lebanon Valley College's Gender Colloquium Series will present the film "Maria Full of Grace" Monday, Dec. 1 at 6 p.m. at Annville's Allen Theatre. Discussion with Dr. Gabriela McEvoy will follow immediately after the film. Admission is $3 for the public, $1 for non-LVC students, and free for LVC students with student ID.

The award-winning film introduces you to a young woman in the midst of her pregnancy. Struggling to support her family, the young lady becomes heavily involved in a drug cartel. Being fired from her job in floriculture. Flying to the United States with drugs, her plan quickly changes upon arrival in New York.

Gender is a year-long integrated series of keynote presentations, guest speakers, films, and academic courses. Gender actively and passively shapes our shared destinies. More than an idea, its practice and performance unfold within the constellations of biology and culture, bodies and institutions. In the face of powerful social conventions and the culturally constructed binaries of "male" and "female," "masculine" and "feminine," the complexities of gender challenge us to think beyond the genus, to reach beyond the type and category, and to step into the spectrum of being and becoming. For more information, visit: http://www.lvc.edu/colloquium.