BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:iCalendar-Ruby BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Movies & Screenings DESCRIPTION:Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe is a 2 022 coming-of-age romantic drama film about two Mexican-American teenage bo ys who become friends in 1987 El Paso\, Texas. The film is based on the 201 2 novel of the same name by Benjamin Alire Sáenz\, who also co-wrote the sc reenplay with director Aitch Alberto. The film stars Max Pelayo as Aristotl e Mendoza and Reese Gonzales as Dante Quintana\, and also features Verónica Falcón\, Kevin Alejandro\, Eva Longoria\, and Eugenio Derbez. \n\nThe film explores themes of friendship\, self-discovery\, first love\, and self-acc eptance. It follows the boys as they navigate their friendship\, which is c omplicated when Dante wants it to turn romantic\, but Ari is hesitant. The film also explores themes of racial and ethnic identity\, sexuality\, famil y relationships\, and intellectualism. The boys' internal struggles are lar gely due to the homophobic world they live in\, which is unprepared to deal with the AIDS crisis that is referenced in the film DTEND:20240920T000000Z DTSTAMP:20240920T043858Z DTSTART:20240919T220000Z GEO:39.324863;-82.101742 LOCATION:Baker University Center\, Baker Theater SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_47298937242737 URL:https://calendar.ohio.edu/event/aristotle-and-dante-discover-the-secret s-of-the-universe END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR