Collaborative Edges

Featured in the 2nd edition of the MSU Latinx Film Festival, “Lulú en el jardín” is an experimental documentary project that explores the personal narrative and historical events surrounding the institutionalization of José Luis Benavides’s Latina lesbian mother in the 1970s. In this podcast, Alejandra Márquez Guajardo, Assistant Professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies in Latin America and the Caribbean at Michigan State University, and José Luis Benavides, artist, writer, educator, and Director of “Lulú en el Jardín,” talk about the film, LGBTQ+ issues, and a very personal story.

Show Notes

Featured in the 2nd edition of the MSU Latinx Film Festival, “Lulú en el jardín” is an experimental documentary project that explores the personal narrative and historical events surrounding the institutionalization of José Luis Benavides’s Latina lesbian mother in the 1970s. In this podcast, Alejandra Márquez Guajardo, Assistant Professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies in Latin America and the Caribbean at Michigan State University, and José Luis Benavides, artist, writer, educator, and Director of “Lulú en el Jardín,” talk about the film, LGBTQ+ issues, and a very personal story.

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What is Collaborative Edges?

Welcome to Collaborative Edges, an audio portal to showcase conversations on collaborative initiatives across disciplines, language programs and cultural studies at Michigan State University.
We invite you to listen to these conversations in which we provide examples on how to break down traditional language and disciplinary boundaries and to foster creativity and new ways of understanding languages around the world, the societies where they are spoken, and the cultures they shape.