Cervantes Film Series: Relatos de la Resistencia: Querida Sara

12:00 pm MST (available for 96 hours) Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel Here: Relatos de la Resistencia: Buscando un lugar en el mundo The relationship between Patricia Franquesa, the director of this documentary, and Sara, the first cab driver in Afghanistan, is proposed to us as a story of friendship whose thread is united by the gaze in front of the camera, where we stand as spectators, but to which the protagonist of the documentary constantly speaks. All the material filmed in front of this strong and confident woman, who (more…)

Cervantes Film Series: Relatos de la Resistencia: Light Falls Vertical

12:00 pm MST (available for 96 hours) Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel Here: Relatos de la Resistencia: Buscando un lugar en el mundo Efthymia Zymvragaki receives a proposal from a man who confesses to abuse in order to investigate the vision of the perpetrator of violence. With the courage to tell a story in the first person, the debut feature of this Greek director addresses the issue of violence that weighs so heavily in today’s society with the intention of approaching it in a complex and intimate way. Synopsis: A (more…)

Cervantes Film Series: Relatos de la Resistencia: Los Bilbao

12:00 pm MST (available for 96 hours) Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel Here: Relatos de la Resistencia: Buscando un lugar en el mundo The young director Pedro Speroni debuted in feature-length documentaries with Rancho (2021), where he already demonstrated his sensitivity in approaching the very delicate reality of people who are incarcerated. The personal relationship he established with Iván, a prison inmate, in that first film allowed the filmmaker to accompany him on his life journey after leaving prison and reuniting with his family and his life. Currently, (more…)

Cervantes Film Series: Relatos de la Resistencia: La Chana

12:00 pm MST (available for 96 hours) Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel Here Relatos de la Resistencia: Buscando un lugar en el mundo La Chana reveals the story of a mythical dancer who rose to stardom and then plunged into anonymity. The profound gaze of director Lucija Stojevic – who has recently returned to portraiture with her documentary Pepi Fandango (2023) – follows her protagonist to understand how the artistic vocation of a woman like her could survive and be recreated throughout her life. Synopsis: A self-taught dancer, (more…)

AfroMundo Festival 2024 graphic Bold Futures by artist, Lauryn Mills Bohannon

2024 AfroMundo Festival: Historic Rebel Women

3:00 pm 2024 AfroMundo Festival Maroons, Rebels, Dreamers & Visionaries Featuring Colombia, Costa Rica, Jamaica & USA April 12 – 20, 2024 Music, literature, oral histories theater, films, culinary taste feasts, panel discussions and more. 2024 AfroMundo Festival: Historic Rebel Women. Screening of Queen Nanny: Legendary Maroon Chieftainess. Directed by Roy T Anderson, 2015, 59 min This film documents the military genius of Nanny of Jamaica, one of the most successful yet least recognized heroines of slave rebellions. The screening is followed by a panel discussion of (more…)

2024 AfroMundo Festival: World Premier: Sterling’s Silver

NOTE: A limited number of tickets are available for this event. 7:00 pm 2024 AfroMundo Festival Maroons, Rebels, Dreamers & Visionaries Featuring Colombia, Costa Rica, Jamaica & USA April 12 – 20, 2024 Music, literature, oral histories theater, films, culinary taste feasts, panel discussions and more. An enhanced Reader’s Production of a play by Karen Jones Meadows. “In the 1800s a 150-year plan fueled by war, vision, passion, naïveté, rage, secrets, entrepreneurship, and African-American sweat, fashion a clandestine community determined to leave a living legacy of sovereignty (more…)

2024 AfroMundo Festival: Black Farmers: Modern Maroons (Sold Out)

NOTE: This event is sold out. Tickets will be released on a first-come, first-served basis beginning at 7:10 pm. 7:00 pm 2024 AfroMundo Festival Maroons, Rebels, Dreamers & Visionaries Featuring Colombia, Costa Rica, Jamaica & USA April 12 – 20, 2024 Music, literature, oral histories theater, films, culinary taste feasts, panel discussions and more. Screening of Documentary Farming While Black Directed by Mark Decena, 2023, 75 min Farming While Black examines the historical plight of Black farmers in the United States and the rising generation reclaiming their (more…)

Animal Humane New Mexico: Feline Film Festival 2024

4:00 pm Kitten Yoga 4:00 pm Film 1st Screening 5:15 pm Happy Hour 6:30 pm Film 2nd Screening NHCC | Wells Fargo Auditorium This year, Animal Humane New Mexico’s Feline Film Festival is the Cat’s Pajamas! Sponsored by Garcia Subaru, this cat-tastic event will feature an incredible collection of cat-inspired silent action cinema from around the world, food trucks, vendors, kitten yoga class, Happy Hour & pet adoptions. Only the two film screenings, kitten yoga class, & Happy Hour are ticketed. Meeting adoptable kitties from around the (more…)

Power of Our Stories: Salt of the Earth (1954), Chuy Martinez & Jesus Quinones

2nd Annual Film Symposium 2:00 pm: Doors open 2:30 pm: Screening- Salt of the Earth (1954) Panel Discussion & Q&A to immediately follow with Chuy Martinez & Jesus Quinones & Special Guests Free Community Event. At New Mexico’s Empire Zinc mine, Mexican-American workers protest the unsafe work conditions and unequal wages compared to their Anglo counterparts. Ramon Quintero (Juan Chacon) helps organize the strike, but he is shown to be a hypocrite by treating his pregnant wife, Esperanza (Rosaura Revueltas), with a similar unfairness. When an injunction (more…)

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