Screening & Filmmaker Q&A: "Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe"

Please join the Department of Radio-Television-Film, Moody College of Communication, Mexican American & Latina/o Studies, Latino Media Arts & Studies Speaker Series, and Blue Fox Entertainment for a special filmmaker conversation and screening of "Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe"!  

Following the screening, writer/director Aitch Alberto will discuss with RTF Assistant Professor Iliana Sosa her screen adaptation of Benjamin Alire Sáenz's Printz Honor Book.

Synopsis:
Two teenage Mexican-American loners in 1987 El Paso explore a new, unusual friendship and the difficult road to self-discovery.

Directed and Written by
Aitch Alberto

Based on the Novel of the Same Name by
Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Produced by
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Valerie Stadler, Dylan Sellers, Chris Parker, Ben Odell, Eugenio Derbez

Starring
Max Pelayo, Reese Gonzales, Eugenio Derbez, Eva Longoria, Veronica Falcón, Kevin Alejandro

Run Time: 
96 Minutes

Aitch Alberto Bio
Aitch Alberto is a writer/director born and raised in Miami, Florida. She is a Sundance Episodic Lab fellow, recipient of a Skowhegan Artist Residency, a Yaddo fellowship, a Latino Screenwriting Project Fellowship, and an alumnus of the Outfest Screenwriting Lab.

Aitch has written on DUSTER, a 1970s-set crime drama series from J.J. Abrams and LaToya Morgan for HBO Max and WBTV. She also served as a writer on AppleTV+’s BAFTA and Film Independent Nominated anthology series LITTLE AMERICA from Alan Yang, Kumail Nanjiani, and Emily V. Gordon.

Most recently, Aitch has adapted and directed the award-winning young adult novel ARISTOTLE AND DANTE DISCOVER THE SECRETS OF THE UNIVERSE with Lin-Manuel Miranda and Eugenio Debrez producing, from Limelight.

She has been included on The Black List's inaugural Latinx List, as well as the Tracking Board's Hit List, Young & Hungry List, and NALIP's list of "Latinx Directors You Should Know." Aitch has most recently been featured on Variety’s 10 Directors To Watch for 2022 and Indiewire’s 22 Rising Female Filmmakers to Watch in 2022.