Title: Utopia 79 Location: La Pena Cultural Center Description: dir. Joan Lopez Lloret, 2007, Nicaragua / Spain, 97 min. Start Time: 18:00 Date: 2008-11-21 For much of the generation of Nicaraguans from the 1960s and ’70s, the Sandinista Revolution of 1979 brought the last hopes of changing the world. Utopia 79 follows the personal stories […]

Title: Uprooted Location: M.A.C.L.A. Castellano Playhouse (MACLA) Description: dir. Juan Mejia, 2007, Colombia / USA, 43 min. Start Time: 18:00 Date: 2008-11-12 End Time: 20:00 The film explores the plight of the more than 1 million Afro-Colombians violently displaced since 1990 in Colombia. At the center of Uprooted is Noris, a mother and community leader […]

Title: Uprooted Location: Brava Theater for Women in the Arts Description: dir. Juan Mejia, 2007, Colombia / USA, 43 min. Start Time: 12:00 Date: 2008-11-09 End Time: 14:00 The film explores the plight of the more than 1 million Afro-Colombians violently displaced since 1990 in Colombia. At the center of Uprooted is Noris, a mother […]

Title: The Man of Two Havanas Location: Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts Description: dir. Vivien Lesnik Weisman, 2007, Cuba / USA, 96 min. Start Time: 20:15 Date: 2008-11-15 End Time: 23:15 This award winning documentary recalls the Cuban Revolution through the voice of the daugher of journalist Max Lesnik, once a friend of Fidel […]

Title: The Golden AgeLocation: Camera 12 Downtown San JoseDescription: dir. Phil Tuckett, Scott Duncan, 2007, USA, 92 min. Start Time: 13:00Date: 2008-11-23End Time: 15:00

Title: The Fire Within: Jews in the Amazonian RainforestLocation: Mission Cultural Center for Latino ArtsDescription: dir. Lorry Salcedo Mitrani, 2008, Peru, 118 min. Start Time: 18:00Date: 2008-11-20End Time: 20:00

Title: Su merce Location: Canada College Description: dir. Isabel Munoz, 2007, Mexico, 48 min Start Time: 11:00 Date: 2008-11-11 End Time: 11:48   Isabel Munoz brings us her first feature documentary, which takes us inside the chaos and passion of everyday life in Mexico City. A group of young men put together a post-punk band […]

Title: Su merce Location: City Colleg of San Francisco Description: dir. Isabel Munoz, 2007, Mexico, 48 min Start Time: 19:00 Date: 2008-11-19 End Time: 20:00 Isabel Munoz brings us her first feature documentary, which takes us inside the chaos and passion of everyday life in Mexico City. A group of young men put together a […]

Title: Septiembres / Septembers Location: College of San Mateo Description: dir. Carlos Bosch, 2007, Spain, 113 min. Start Time: 18:00 Date: 2008-11-12 End Time: 20:00 Each September Madrid’s Soto del Real penitentiary holds the “Festival of the Song,” a competition among the best singers from selected prisons. This beautifully executed, intimate documentary follows the stories […]

Title: Ragin Epu Mapu / Between Two Worlds: Voices of the Elders and the Youth Location: Mission Cultural Center Description: dir. Ariel Lopez, 2008, Chile / USA, 51 min. Start Time: 15:00 Date: 2008-15-07 End Time: 16:00 Between Two Worlds is an informative look into the lives of the Mapuche peoples of Southern Chile as they […]