Flor En Otomi (Flower in Otomi)
is a documentary that depicts the short but colorful life of Denà Prieto Stock was killed by the Mexican army in the town of Nepantla, along with four of her comrades in the Fuerzas de Liberación Nacional (National Liberation Forces), a forerunner to the Zapatistas. The film also reconstructs the Mexican Army and secret police's joint siege on the house during which Prieto Stock was killed, using state documents and accounts from area residents. A moving tribute to a young woman who died for her convictions and a window into the Mexican social movements of the late 60s and early 70s, "Flower in Otomi" is an essential historical document.
SCREENING SKEDS:
July 8, 2014 - Tuesday = 3:30 PM
July 11,2014 - Friday = 1:30 PM
July 12,2014 - Saturday = 5:30 PM
July 13,2014 - Sunday = 3:30 PM
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El Albergue (The Shelter)
Father Alejandro Solalinde built a shelter in Ixtepec, Oaxaca as a refuge for Central Americans traveling north towards the USA on freight trains. His humanitarian assistance has become a risky struggle affecting the interests of human traffickers. In this in-depth documentary, the fragile, intense life stories of migrants are intertwined with Solalinde's daily battle for justice.
SCREENING SKEDS:
July 8, 2014 - Tuesday = 5:30 PM
July 10,2014 - Thursday = 3:30 PM
July 13, 2014 - Sunday = 1:30 PM
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Gimme The Power
A "rockumentary" about the Mexican Band Molotov and the political, social and financial context where the band is born and developed. It focuses more in the political and musical context of Mexico rather than in the actual story of the band. The Age of Stupid This documentary stars Pete Postlethwaite as a man living alone in the devastated world of 2055, watching archive footage from the mid-to-late 2000s and asking "Why didn't we stop climate change when we had the chance?"
SCREENING SKEDS:
July 9, 2014 - Wednesday = 3:30 PM
July 12, 2014 - Saturday = 3:30 PM
July 13, 2014 - Sunday = 5:30 PM
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Drum
is a film based on the life of South African investigative journalist Henry Nxumalo, who worked for the popular Drum magazine, called "the first black lifestyle magazine in Africa." The film deals with the issues of apartheid and the forced removal of residents from Sophiatown.
SCREENING SKED: July 10, 2014 - Thursday = 5:30 PM
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No Hay Lugar Lejano (No Place Is Far Away)
This documentary centers on the story of a town at the mercy of a landscape in transformation; standing on the brink of an encroaching reality, one in which the age-old fears of the inhabitants are being reproduced. A hamlet has survived, perched in a remote location where its children can grow up and the elderly can die and stay there.
SCREENING SKEDS:
July 9, 2014 - Wednesday = 5:30 PM
July 11, 2014 - Friday = 3:30 PM
July 12, 2014 - Saturday = 1:30 PM
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The Age of Stupid
This documentary stars Pete Postlethwaite as a man living alone in the devastated world of 2055, watching archive footage from the mid-to-late 2000s and asking "Why didn't we stop climate change when we had the chance?"
SCREENING SKED: July 11, 2014 - Friday = 5:30 PM
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