2 pm
Directors: Abner Benaim, Carolina Borrero, Luis Franco Brantley, Pinky Mon, Pituka Ortega-Heilbron.
Actors: Lakisha May, Andre Morris, Kathleen Wise, Iván González, Carlos Eduardo Goldstein.
This historical drama chronicles five incredible stories of people who helped build the famous canal and Panama itself. Spanning a century, from 1913 to 2013, the film weaves together the tales of five remarkable characters: Clarice, a young Jamaican labourer forced to choose between love and survival at the hands her American and British bosses during the Canal’s construction; Jake, the son of an engineer who grows up in the ‘American zone’ in 1950s Panama but who really wants to be with his Panamanian friends; José, a student caught up in the 1960s political unrest and his love for a pretty American girl, Lucy; Silverio, a chauffeur for visiting U.S. politicians who is hired to spy on them by local political activists in 1977; and Clarice Jones, a jazz singer in New York City who discovers that her great-grandmother worked on the canal and decides to go to Panama to discover her to roots. Text by Canadian Film Institute
$10 w/ $2 discount for students, seniors and NHCC Members
Historias del Canal plasma, a través de la visión de 5 directores, relatos que se extienden a través de un siglo. Hombres, mujeres y niños que se ven influenciados por la existencia de Canal, el acontecimiento que cambió la historia no sólo de un país sino del mundo.
Historias del Canal Trailer HERE and HERE.
106 min – DRAMA 2014 (Panamá)
Spanish with English subtitles
Awards:
SXSW Film Festival: Audience Award: 24 Beats per Second (musical genre)
Tesalonica Documentary Film Festival: Peter Wintonick Audience Award: Best Film.
¡Cine Magnífico! website HERE.
