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Mi vida dentro / My Life Inside

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 […]

Los travestis tambien lloran / Transvestites Also Cry

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 […]

Los Soneros del Tesechoacan / The Sound of the River

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, […]

Kuyima

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. […]

Intimidad / Intimacy

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 […]

Glass House

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 […]

Entre los muertos / Among the Dead

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 […]

Cuba, el valor de una utopia / Cuba: The Value of Utopia

Title: Cuba, el valor de una utopia / Cuba: The Value of Utopia Location: La Pena Cultural Center Tickets: Click here Description: dir. Yanara Guayasamin, 2006, Cuba / Ecuador, 120 min. Start Time: 18:00 Date: 2008-11-20 End Time: 20:00 Cubans have survived the U.S. blockade for almost 50 years. What does the Cuban Revolution mean […]

Chevolution

Title: Chevolution Location: Brava Theater for Women in the Arts Tickets: Click here Description: dir. Trisha Ziff, 2008, Mexico / UK, 90 min. Start Time: 11:00 Date: 2008-11-08 End Time: 12:30 Chevolution is an essential documentary because it serves to explain the enigma of Ernesto “Che” Guevara, providing a rich emersion into the history of […]

Calle Santa Fe

Title: Calle Santa Fe Location: La Pena Cultural Center Tickets: Click here Description: dir. Carmen Castillo, 2006, Chile, 167 min. Start Time: 18:00 Date: 2008-11-21 End Time: 21:00 In this very moving documentary, Carmen Castillo presents a portrait of Chile from the 1970s through the present day as she and her country strive to come […]