Reception for Gabriela Badillo

CLACS welcomes Gabriela Badillo, founder and director of 68 Voces, 68 Corazones, as she opens her exhibit of posters in the Spanish Language Program House and Languages building.

Badillo is also a co-founder of Hola Combo, a creative studio with a focus on animation, brand identity, and storytelling.

Initiated in 2013, 68 voices 68 hearts is an animated series of Mexican indigenous stories told in their native language. These animated shorts are based on the philosophy that "No one can love what they don't know." The animations serve as historical time capsules, each one preserving a story from an indigenous community in their native language, many of which are in danger of becoming extinct. Mexico is one of the world's most linguistically diverse nations. Within Mexico, there are 364 indigenous language subsets belonging to 68 distinct languages, which branch off from 11 language families. These shorts have been screened as part of this year's NC Latin American Film Festival in October. The exhibit will be on display Nov 4-10.