(DORA Y LA CIUDAD PERDIDA)
Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020 5:30-8:00pm East Lansing Public Library
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Genre: Family, Adventure
ABOUT THE FILM
James Bobin/USA/2019/102 min
English and Spanish
Having spent most of her life exploring the jungle, nothing could prepare Dora for her most dangerous adventure yet — high school. Accompanied by a ragtag group of teens and Boots the monkey, Dora embarks on a quest to save her parents while trying to solve the seemingly impossible mystery behind a lost Incan civilization.
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Bobin worked as a director and writer on The 11 O’Clock Show and Da Ali G Show, and helped create the characters of Ali G, Borat, and Brüno. In 2003 and 2004, he directed and co-wrote all of the 12 episodes of Ali G in da USA for HBO. With Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement, he co-created, wrote and directed Flight of the Conchords, also for HBO. Bobin had previously seen Clement and McKenzie perform and signed on to co-create the show.
His feature film directorial debut, The Muppets, a musical-comedy film written by Jason Segel and Nicholas Stoller, was released in 2011 and became a critical and commercial hit and won an Oscar for Best Original Song. The film earned him his second BAFTA nomination at the 66th British Academy Film Awards. He wrote (with Nicholas Stoller) and directed a follow-up, Muppets Most Wanted, which was released in 2014. Bobin next directed the sequel Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016). His most recent film, Dora and the Lost City of Gold, is a live action adaptation of TV series Dora the Explorer with Isabela Moner as the title character.
MSU Latinx Film Festival 