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LATINAS IN CINEMA: FILMWORKS BEYOND THE GLASS CEILING
Pagan Images, Inc., in association with Anthology Film Archives, cordially invites you to the NewLatino Filmmakers Screening Series – The best and only independent Latino “cinematheque” showcase in New York City — now in its 6th year! — is still ONLY $5! Docs, shorts & features. “Come early, stay late, pay one price.”
When: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 – 6~9:30PM
Where: Anthology Film Archives, 32 Second Avenue at Second Street
Price: $5 admission ~ at the box office
6:00PM – Documentary Shorts Program
7:15PM – Narrative Shorts Program
8:150PM – Narrative Feature
“LATINAS IN CINEMA: FILMWORKS BEYOND THE GLASS CEILING”
Curated by Edwin Pagan
NewLatino Filmmakers puts the spotlight on creative Latinas working behind the cameras in both the independent film and Hollywood systems as image-makers. This emerging crop of dynamic filmmakers and producers are putting their unique mark on the industry with their own unique spin on the Latin Film New Wave, and blazing the trail as today’s emerging auteurs. Featuring short-form documentary, narrative shorts and feature presentations. Live panel discussion and Q&A with the filmmakers.
6:00PM NEWLATINO FILMMAKERS – DOCUMENTARY SERIES
* AL OTRO LADO Natalia Almada, Altamura Films, (2006, 66 Minutes, Video)
Al Otro Lado (To the Other Side)” tells the human story behind illegal immigration and drug trafficking between the U.S. and Mexico through the eyes of Magdiel, a 23-year-old fisherman and aspiring composer who dreams of a better life. For people south of the border, the “other side” is the dream of an impossibly rich United States, where even menial jobs can support families and whole communities that have been left behind. For people north of the border, “Al Otro Lado” sheds light on harsh choices that their neighbors to the south often face because of economic crisis.
As movingly chronicled in “Al Otro Lado,” Natalia Almada’s debut feature, the border is a place where one people’s dreams collide with another people’s politics, and the 200-year-old tradition of corrido music vibrantly chronicles it all. In fact, if you really want to understand what is happening on the U.S./Mexico border, listen to the corridos, troubadour-like ballads that have become the voice of people whose views are rarely heard in mainstream media.
7:15PM NEWLATINO FILMMAKERS – SHORT FILM PROGRAM
* JOLOPEO, Glenys Javier, Director / Michael Diaz, Producer (2007, 5 Minutes, Video)
Living that life leads to death, I choose to LIVE!
* SOLEDAD IS GONE FOREVER, Mabel Valdiviezo, Writer/Director (2007, 14 Minutes, 16MM)
SOLEDAD IS GONE FOREVER is a spellbinding, visually stunning, psychological drama that explores the long-term psychological impact of political persecution. Based on real accounts, this film presents an intimate portrait of a young immigrant photographer living in San Francisco, Soledad Gonzales, who learns her father’s remains have been found in a mass grave in Chile. Soledad’s recurring visions of chilling childhood images shatter her life, making her discover that these are real memories that have been repressed for twenty years.
Torn by her aunt Delia’s advice to forget the past but faced by the implications of her father’s death, Soledad must make a crucial decision. Does she have the courage to pursue the truth and will this realization finally bring peace to her tortured soul?
* LOSS OF INNOCENCE IN LOISAIDA, Veronica Caicedo, Writer/Director (2007, 30 Minutes, Video)
Joana is a curious teen ready to explore and have sex and willing to go all the way with her boyfriend, Tommy. Not prepared for the situation, Tommy must score some condoms — FAST — but he must first get past the gatekeeper to his bliss: the local pharmacist, who also just happens to be Joana’s father!
8:15PM NEWLATINO FILMMAKERS – FEATURE PRESENTATION
MUNECA, Christina Soto, Writer/Director (2007, 70 Minutes, Video)
You find love in the most unexpected places. All Esteban wants to do, is to be happy and recapture his creative inspiration. With the death of his muse, and best friend, Pepe — a miniature fox terrier — it seems as if everyone in his life is trying to push their idea of a replacement on him with that of a perfect woman. What’s a man to do?
ABOUT THE SERIES
NewLatino Filmmakers showcases emerging Latino filmmakers/producers whose work is contributing toward the face of the Latino Film New Wave and who have not yet had a major commercial theatrical release. It also features non-Latino filmmakers/producers whose films are Latino-themed and/or whose primary subject matter touches upon the Latino/Latin American experience in a respectful manner, and who have not yet had a major commercial theatrical release. The series is now in its six year and is organized in collaboration with New Filmmakers at Anthology Film Archives.
Anthology Film Archives is America’s only year-round film cinematheque and is one of the few festivals in the world today that is entirely curated and administered by filmmakers. Currently celebrating its 35th year of serving the independent film community. (www.anthologyfilmarchives.org)
THE DEATH EVENT AND THE PUERTO RICAN BLOODLINE
Handball Court Free Screening of “HEAD OF STATE”
MediaNoche presents
THE SIXTH ANNUAL
HANDBALL COURT FILM SCREENINGS 2008
AT WHITE PARK
East 106th Street, between Lexington and Third Avenues
Admission: Free
For info: 212.828.0401
SATURDAYS AT SUNSET (approx. 8:00PM)
Bring your own seat or cushion!
July 26
HEAD OF STATE (Comedy, 2003)
Director: Chris Rock
Runtime: 1 hr 35 mins
Just weeks before the nation is about to elect a new president, one of the top candidates is killed in a plane crash. Plotting a future run in 2008, U.S. Senator Bill Arnot convinces his staff to pick a replacement who has no chance of winning. But he gets more than he bargained for when he selects Mays Gilliam. At first thankful to be in the spotlight, Mays plays the puppet, but eventually he uses his power to actually say something meaningful. Everyone is shocked to discover that Mays is giving the people exactly what they want.
The only thing white is the house.
Handball Court Free Screening of “A DISTINGUISHED GENTLEMAN”
MediaNoche presents
THE SIXTH ANNUAL
HANDBALL COURT FILM SCREENINGS 2008
AT WHITE PARK
East 106th Street, between Lexington and Third Avenues
Admission: Free
For info: 212.828.0401
SATURDAYS AT SUNSET (approx. 8:00PM)
Bring your own seat or cushion!
August 9
A DISTINGUISHED GENTLEMAN (Comedy, 1992)
Director: Jonathan Lynn
Runtime: 1 hr 52 mins
A small-time con artist goes big time when he hustles his way to the U.S. Congress. Once elected he reaps the usual benefits, and enjoys the perks of power. However, he decides to clean up the Capitol and ends up doing to Congress what Congress has been doing to its constituency all along.
From con man to congressman.
Handball Court Free Screening of “AN UNREASONABLE MAN”
MediaNoche presents
THE SIXTH ANNUAL
HANDBALL COURT FILM SCREENINGS 2008
AT WHITE PARK
East 106th Street, between Lexington and Third Avenues
Admission: Free
For info: 212.828.0401
SATURDAYS AT SUNSET (approx. 8:00PM)
Bring your own seat or cushion!
August 16
AN UNREASONABLE MAN (Documentary, 2007)
Directors: Steve Skrovan and Henriette Mantel
Runtime: 2 hrs 3 mins
A close look at how one of the 20th century’s most admired and indefatigable social activists, Ralph Nader, became a pariah among the same progressive circles he helped champion. The film takes the form of an impassioned public debate when it tackles the contentious 2000 and 2004 presidential runs that elicited accusations of splitting the Democratic vote and enabling the election of George W. Bush, making enemies of Nader’s most ardent supporters. Once again, Nader exposes the undemocratic structure imposed by an entrenched two-party system.
Ralph Nader : How Do You Define a Legacy?
Cultural Survival, Political Resistance and Sustainable Development in Contemporary Puerto Rico
A Seminar and Discussion presented by Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture
Tuesday, October 7, 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Hostos Art Gallery
Hostos Community College/CUNY
450 Grand Concourse (at 149 St.)
The Bronx
Admission is free. To register, call 718-518-4455
Transp: IRT 2, 4, 5, Bx1 & Bx19 to Grand Concourse & 149 St.
. . . a bilingual (English-Spanish) one-day seminar on the effects of development and globalization on traditional cultures in Puerto Rico focusing on the recent history of the coastal communities of Loíza and Piñones and the island of Vieques. The participants represent a cross section of leaders in the struggle for cultural and environmental survival: educators, cultural activists and advocates of alternative strategies for development.
The seminar serves as an introduction to BomPlenazo 2008, the Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture’s biennial celebration of Afro-Puerto Rican culture. This year, the festival will focus on the bomba and plena music and dance traditions as they are practiced in the communities of Loíza and Piñones, two of the principal centers of Afro-Puerto Rican culture.
Founded by runaway slaves and freedmen in the 19th century, Loíza and its neighborhood of Piñones, with their beautiful coastline and coconut groves, have become a symbol of cultural tenacity as many loiceños have bravely resisted development efforts that threaten their cultural traditions and the beauty of their communities.
This seminar will also focus on the recent history of Vieques, the struggle to end naval bombing of the island and the implementation of a strategy for sustainable development. The island’s recent history, characterized by military and economic assaults, mirrors that of Loiza and Piñones.
Program
8:30–9
Registration, coffee
9–9:30
Welcome and Introductory Remarks
Juan Flores, Ph.D., moderator, Professor, Black and Puerto Rican Studies, NYU
The Hon. José Rivera, New York State Assemblyman
9:30–10:30
Piñones & Isla Verde, the Historical Context
Juan Giusti, Professor, University of Puerto Rico
10:30-10:45
Break
10:45-11:45
The Struggle for Piñones: Political & Economic Aspects
Maricruz Rivera Clemente, President, Corporación Piñones se Integra
11:45-12:45
The Struggle for Vieques: Post Navy Bombardment
Robert Rabin, Director, Museo Fuerte Conde Mirasol, Vieques
12:45-1:30
Lunch
1:30-2:30
The Role of Popular Action in Environmental Preservation
Alberto de Jesús, a.k.a., Tito Kayak, Environmental Activist
2:30-3:30
Microenterprises: A Strategy for Sustainable Development
Nilda Medina, Director, Incubadora de Microempresas Bieke
3:30-3:45
Break
3:45-4:00
Observations and Conclusions
Juan Flores, Professor, Black and Puerto Rican Studies, NYU
4:00
Acto Cultural
Raúl Ayala
This seminar was made possible by a legislative initiative grant from the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation through the offices of New York State Assemblyman José Rivera. It is an integral part of the Hostos Creative Campus Project, a collaboration between the Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture and the Hostos Community College/CUNY Humanities Department. The creative campus project has been funded by the Association of Performing Arts Presenters Creative Campus Innovations Grant Program funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
Alabanza Corret Jer
RoCa: Jersey Style
September 18, 2008 – February 22, 2009
Opening Reception:
Thursday, September 25th, 2008
Time: 6 – 8pm
Project Gallery
Jersey City Museum
350 Montgomery Street at the corner of Monmouth Street
Jersey City, New Jersey
http://www.jerseycitymuseum.org
PATH
From Manhattan: Take the Newark or Journal Square-bound train to the Grove Street station in Jersey City. Exit the station and walk south (the Hard Grove Café will be on your right) on Grove Street for three blocks to Montgomery Street and turn right. Walk 3 1/2 blocks to the Museums main entrance at 350 Montgomery Street.
From Newark: Take the 33rd Street or World Train Center-bound train to the Grove Street station in Jersey City. Exit the station and walk south (the Hard Grove Café will be on your right) on Grove Street for three blocks to Montgomery Street and turn right. Walk 3 1/2 blocks to the Museums main entrance at 350 Montgomery Street.
Hudson Bergen Light Rail From Hoboken: Take the 22nd Street or West Side Avenue-bound train to the Jersey Avenue Station. Walk north on Jersey Avenue (Jersey City Medical Center will be on your left) for three blocks to Montgomery Street and turn left. Walk 1 1/2 blocks to the Museums main entrance at 350 Montgomery Street.
From Bayonne & West Side Avenue: Take the Hoboken Terminal-bound train to the Jersey Avenue Station. Walk north on Jersey Avenue (Jersey City Medical Center will be on your left) for three blocks to Montgomery Street and turn left. Walk 1 1/2 blocks to the Museums main entrance at 350 Montgomery Street.
DRIVING DIRECTIONS
From Manhattan via the Holland Tunnel: exit the tunnel and continue two blocks to Manila Avenue and make a left turn. Go straight on Manila Avenue for 12 blocks and cross over Christopher Columbus Drive, at this point Manila Avenue becomes Grove Street. Continue straight on Grove Street for three blocks and make a right turn on Montgomery Street. Follow Montgomery Street 3 1/2 blocks to the museum’s main entrance.
From points north or south on the New Jersey Turnpike: Take NJ Turnpike to exit 14C. Go through the first ticket tollbooth (bear to the left over bridge). Follow TP extension for a few miles until 2nd set of pay tollbooths. After which, take your second exit, marked “Jersey City – Columbus Drive.” Follow the exit ramp and continue straight through the traffic light (crossing Montgomery Street) and bear right onto Christopher Columbus Drive. At the 3rd traffic light make a right onto Varick Street, continue to the next traffic light and make a right onto Montgomery Street. The museum is on the right, at the next light, at the corner of Monmouth and Montgomery Streets.
Juan Shamsul Alam’s “THE SUNSHINES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET”
Village East Film Festival
“THE SUNSHINES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET”
Written by Emilio Rosa and Juan Shamsul Alam
Starring Tito Puente Jr., Cris Rosa and Santo Alam
September 24, 6pm
Village East Cinema
181 Second avenue and 12th Street