Gainesville Latino Film Festival 2009

Films and Events

 

FILMS

 

Tuesday, September 15 @ 7:30 pm

Araya - 1959 Venezuela

Tribute to Women in Film

Director: Margot Benacerraf

82 min

Language: Spanish with English subtitles

Harn Museum of Art—Chandler Auditorium

Introductions by: Kerry Oliver-Smith and Anthony Oliver-Smith

Film synopsis

 


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Saturday, September 1

9 @ 2:00 pm

Bracero Stories/ Historia

de Braceros - 2008 USA

Latino History and Immigration Film

Director: Patrick Mullins

55 min

Language: Spanish with English subtitle

Harn Museum of Art—Chandler Auditorium

Introduction by: Philip J. Williams

Film Synopsis

 

Saturday, September 26 @ 2:00pm

Voces Inocentes/ Innocent Voices - 2004 El Salvador

Human Rights Film

Director: Luis Mandoki

123 min

Language: Spanish with English subtitles

Harn Museum of Art—Chandler Auditorium

Introduction by: Manuel A. Vásquez

 

Saturday, October 3 @ 2:00 pm

Sleep Dealer - 2008 US/Mexico

Latin-American Science Fiction Film

Director: Alex  Rivera

91 min

Language: Spanish with English subtitles

Harn Museum of Art—Chandler Auditorium

Introducing Guest Director: Libby Ginway 

Film Introduction by Guest Director: Alex Rivera 

Film Synopsis 

 

Saturday, October 10 @ 2:00 pm

Conversaciones Intimas Entre Mujeres/Intimate Conversations Among Women

In Celebration of National Latino AIDS Awareness Day

14913 NW 140 Street, Alachua, FL

Introduction by: Teresa White, Regional Minority AIDS Coordinator

 Click here to watch a clip!

 

Saturday, October 10 @ 2:00 pm

La Leyenda de la Nahuala/The Legend of the Nahuala - 2007 Mexico

Director: Ricardo Arnaiz

80 min

Language: Spanish with English Subtitles

Alachua Library Branch

14913 NW 140 Street, Alachua

 

Saturday, October 17 @ 2:00 pm

La Leyenda de la Nahuala/The Legend of the Nahuala - 2007 Mexico

Latin-American Film for Children/Cine Infantil Latinoamericano

Director: Ricardo Arnaiz

80 min

Language: Spanish with English Subtitles

Harn Museum of Art—Chandler Auditorium

Introduction by: Latina Women’s League

 

Saturday, October 24 @ 2:00 pm

El Baño del Papa/The Pope’s Toilet - 2007 Uruguay, Brazil, & France

Director: Enrique Fernandez & Cesar Charlone

85 min

Language: Spanish with English subtitle

Harn Museum of Art—Chandler Auditorium

 

 

EVENTS

 

Tuesday, September 15 @ 10:30 am

Cuentos Latinoamericanos:

“La Cucarachita Martina/Martina, The Little Roach”- Puerto Rican and Cuban folktale


 

Saturday, September 19

Art, Media, and Material Witness Gallery Talk: Kerry Oliver-Smith, Curator of Contemporary Art, will discuss selected pieces by Latin American artists featured in the exhibition.

Time: Following “Bracero Stories”

 

 Tuesday, October 6 @ 10:30 am

Cuentos Latinoamericanos:“La Pobre Viejecita/The Poor Little Old Woman”- A Colombian Story in Rhyme

 

 

Thursday, October 8 @ 6 pm

Latinos in Film: The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly with Dr. Myra Mendible

 

 

Saturday, October 24 @ 2:00 pm

Highlights from the Modern Collection: Dulce Maria Roman, Curator of Modern Art, will discuss selections by Latin American artists featured in the works on paper section of the exhibition.

Time: Following “El Baño del Papa/The Pope’s Toilet”