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Title: Quien soy yo? Los ninos encontrados de Argentina / Who Am I? The Found Children of Argentina Location: San Jose State University Description: dir. Estela Bravo, 2007, Argentina / United Kingdom / USA, 75 min. Start Time: 18:00 Date: 2008-11-12 End Time: 20:00 Acclaimed documentarian Estela Bravo documents several of the 500 children born […]
Title: Que viva la lucha! Location: Canada College Description: dir. Gustavo Vazquez, 2007, USA, 54 min. Start Time: 11:00 Date: 2008-11-11 End Time: 11:54 A peek inside Tijuana’s historic Lucha Libre arena reveals how the universal themes of good versus evil—the underdog beating the bully, the noble hero outwitting the corrupt nemesis—all play out daily […]
Title: Que viva la lucha! Location: City College of San Francisco Description: dir. Gustavo Vazquez, 2007, USA, 54 min. Start Time: 19:00 Date: 2008-11-19 End Time: 20:00 A peek inside Tijuana’s historic Lucha Libre arena reveals how the universal themes of good versus evil—the underdog beating the bully, the noble hero outwitting the corrupt nemesis—all […]
Title: Mi vida dentro / My Life Inside Location: Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts Tickets: Click here Description: dir. Luca Gaj, 2007, Mexico, 120 min. Start Time: 20:00 Date: 2008-11-14 End Time: 22:00 This is the story of Rosa Jimenez, a young Mexican woman who comes illegally to the U.S. and starts a day […]
Title: Los travestis tambien lloran / Transvestites Also Cry Location: Castro Theatre Tickets: Click here Description: dir. Sebastiano d\’Ayala Valva, 2007, France, 54 min. Start Time: 21:15 Date: 2008-11-07 End Time: 22:15 Struggling just to survive in the narrow streets of Paris, two Ecuadorian transexuals try to make ends meet and build their future. We […]
Title: Los Soneros del Tesechoacan / The Sound of the River Location: Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts Tickets: Click here Description: dir. Inti Cordera, 2007, Mexico, 73 min. Start Time: 18:00 Date: 2008-11-11 End Time: 19:15 This visually and musically uplifting film explores the tradition of Son Jarocho in the state of Veracruz, Mexico, […]
Title: Kuyima Location: M.A.C.L.A. Castellano Playhouse (MACLA) Kuyima: Click here Description: dir. Josu Mendoza Alemn, 2007, Mexico, 44 min. Start Time: 17:00 Date: 2008-11-14 End Time: 17:45 In 1997, a giant-sized figure traced out of painted white rocks appeared overnight on the side of a mountain in Bahia Concepcion, a remote region of Baja California. […]
Title: Intimidad / Intimacy Location: Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts Tickets: Click here Description: dir. Ashley Sabin, David Redmon, 2008, Mexico / USA, 74 min. Start Time: 18:00 Date: 2008-11-14 End Time: 19:15 Filmmakers Sabin and Redmon follow up their first successful documentary (Kamp Katrina) with an in-depth poetic story of life on the […]
Title: Glass House Location: Domincan University of California Description: dir. Brad Marlowe, 2006, USA, 78 min. Tickets: Click here Start Time: 18:00 Date: 2008-11-22 End Time: 20:00 This moving documentary is the untold story of how El Salvador, one of the smallest countries in the world, facilitated one of the most successful rescue operations of […]
Title: Entre los muertos / Among the Dead Location: Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts Tickets: Click here Description: dir. Jorge Dalton, 2004, Cuba / El Salvador, 60 min. Start Time: 20:30 Date: 2008-11-20 End Time: 21:30  Though San Salvador is a locus of violence—suffering from constant earthquakes, devastating street crime and the ripple […]
