A winner of 11 awards at multiple South American festivals, the Center for Latin American Studies will feature Quase Dois Irmaos as its final feature film for spring quarter. The film, which will be shown today in 180 Hagerty Hall at 7:30 p.m., looks at the severe class inequalities in Brazil over a four decade period as experienced by two childhood friends. Miguel is a middle-class white who grows from youthful rebellion into a career as a progressive politician. Jorge, a black kid from the Rio de Janeiro slums, goes to prison and eventually rises to drug-lord status. "Strong stuff...This bitter, hardheaded movie doesn't let us off easily" (Stephen Holden, New York Times). Co-written by Paulo Lins, who penned the novel upon which City of God was based. Lucía Murat, Brazil, 2004. 102.’

The film is free and has English subtitles.