Favela
Rising, by Jeff Zimbalist (2005)
Set
in one of Rio de Janeiro’s most violent slums, a former
drug trafficker uses hip-hop, street rhythms and Afro-Brazilian
dance to transform his community. 80 minutes. Portuguese
with English subtitles.
- Movie
website: trailers and plot synopsis
Monday,
September 11, 7:00 pm
Pacific Film Archive, 2575 Bancroft Way (map)
The
Devil's Miner, by Kief Davidson and Richard Ladkani (2005)
This
documentary follows the story of 14 year-old Basilio Vargas
and his 12 year-old brother Bernardino. Working in the depths
of the Bolivian silver mines of Cerro Rico, they and the
other miners believe their fate is determined by the devil.
While supporting their mother, the brothers work to placate
the devil and to escape a life in the mines through education. 82
minutes. Spanish with English subtitles.
Wednesday,
October 4, 7:00 pm
Room 160, Kroeber Hall (map)
Voces
Inocentes, by Luis Mandoki (2005)
Chava,
an eleven-year-old boy, suddenly becomes the "man of
the house" after his father abandons the family in the
middle of the El Salvadoran civil war. As he helps his mother
pay the bills and experiences the pangs of first love, Chava
knows that soon he may be either drafted by the army or forced
to join the rebels to avoid being conscripted with his classmates. 118
minutes. Spanish with English subtitles.
Wednesday,
October 18, 7:00 pm
Room
160, Kroeber Hall (map)
De
Nadie, by Tin Dirdamal (2005) In De
Nadie, Mexican filmmaker Tin Dirdamal follows
Central American refugees in a South-Mexican refugee centre,
from where they hitch illegal rides on freight trains to
the northern border. Apart from the Mexican immigration
service and police, the illegal aliens are threatened by
the security service of the railroad companies, the criminal
La Mara Salvatrucha gang and the train itself. The horror
stories of refugees, are alternated with interviews with
employees of the railroad, the immigration service and
a relief organization, and complemented by background information. 84
minutes, Spanish with English subtitles. Wednesday,
November 8, 7:00 pm
Room 160, Kroeber Hall
(map)
Pancho
Villa: The Revolution Has Not Ended
A documentary by Francesco Taboada In
1999, Don Ernesto Nava celebrated his 85th birthday with
his family and revealed to them a secret that he had kept
all of his life. He recalled how, on his 8th birthday, his
mother had told him: “Look you are the son of Gen.
Francisco Villa, but you may never tell any one.” Eighty-two
years after having crossed the Rio Bravo, Nava returns to
Mexico to discover who his father was. In
Spanish with English subtitles, 102 minutes. Part
of the 10th International Latino Film Festival.
Tuesday,
November 14, 7:00 pm
Room 159, Mulford Hall |
