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Yai Wanonabalewa: The Enemy God

Title: Yai Wanonabalewa: The Enemy God Location: Dominican Univesity of California Tickets: Click here Description: dir. Christopher Bessette, 2008, Belize / USA / Venezuela, 100 min. Start Time: 20:00 Date: 2008-11-20 End Time: 21:45 In the Amazon jungle of Venezuela, Shake reached the highest honor of a Yanomamö shaman by learning to send the Spirits […]

Uprooted

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 […]

Uprooted

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 […]

The Man of Two Havanas

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 […]

The Golden Age

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

Ragin Epu Mapu / Between Two Worlds: Voices of the Elders and the Youth

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 […]

Quien soy yo? Los ninos encontrados de Argentina / Who Am I? The Found Children of Argentina

Title: Quien soy yo? Los ninos encontrados de Argentina / Who Am I? The Found Children of Argentina Location: San Jose State University Description: dir. Estela Bravo, 2007, Argentina / United Kingdom / USA, 75 min. Start Time: 18:00 Date: 2008-11-12 End Time: 20:00 Acclaimed documentarian Estela Bravo documents several of the 500 children born […]

Que viva la lucha!

Title: Que viva la lucha! Location: Canada College Description: dir. Gustavo Vazquez, 2007, USA, 54 min. Start Time: 11:00 Date: 2008-11-11 End Time: 11:54 A peek inside Tijuana’s historic Lucha Libre arena reveals how the universal themes of good versus evil—the underdog beating the bully, the noble hero outwitting the corrupt nemesis—all play out daily […]

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 […]