Al
Otro Lado (To the Other Side), by Natalia Almada (2005)
An aspiring corrido composer
from the drug capital of Mexico faces two choices to better
his life: to traffic drugs or to cross the border illegally
into the United States. From Sinaloa, Mexico, to the streets
of East L.A., “Al
Otro Lado” explores the world of drug smuggling, illegal
immigration and the corrido music that chronicles
it all. 70 minutes. Spanish with English subtitles.
Wednesday, January 25, 7:00 pm
Location TBA
Peões
(Metalworkers), by Eduardo Coutinho (2004)
Through
interviews with workers who participated in the 1979-80 metalworkers
strikes led by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva — the
man who would become president in 2002 — this film offers
a fascinating look at the movement, its leaders and the origins
of political commitment. 85 minutes. Portuguese with English
subtitles.
Wednesday, February 15, 7:00 pm
Room 160, Kroeber Hall
La Sierra, by Scott Dalton and Margarita Martinez (2005)
Set
in the Medellín barrio of
La Sierra, this documentary is an intimate, unflinching portrait
of three lives defined by violence and a community wracked
by conflict. With no narration, the story is told by the
film’s subjects
in a series of revealing interviews. 84 minutes. Spanish
with English subtitles.
Wednesday, March 8, 7:00 pm
Room 160, Kroeber Hall
Film
Screening: "Machuca"
Directed by Andrés Wood (2004)
Set
in Santiago, Chile during the last days of Salvador Allende’s
presidency, “Machuca” explores the friendship
that grows between shy, middle-class Gonzalo and streetwise
Machuca when a private Catholic boy’s school opens
its doors to a handful of children from the nearby shantytown.
The boys are fascinated by each other’s respective
worlds, and through their eyes we see the deep divisions
that split their society. 121 minutes. Spanish with
English subtitles.
The
director will introduce the film and answer questions after
the screening.
Monday,
March 13, 7:00 pm
Pacific Film Archive, 2575 Bancroft Way (map)
Analysis
and photos of the event
The Spectre of Hope, by Paul Carlin (2001)
Photojournalist
Sebastião Salgado joins art critic
John Berger in an intimate conversation about photography,
economics and globalization as they pore over photos from his
collection “Migrations.” Six years and 43 countries
in the making, “Migrations” contains photographs
of people pushed from their homes and traditions to cities
and their margins. 52 minutes. English.
Looking Back at You, by Andrew Snell (1995)
This
documentary focuses on Sebastião Salgado’s
photo essay “Workers” which records the displacement
of manual labor by technological advances in countries ranging
from Cuba to Italy to Bangladesh. The film also includes archival
footage of Salgado’s life and commentary by artists,
photographers, critics and writers such as Jorge Armado, Robert
Delpire, Jimmy Fox and Arthur Miller. 59 minutes. English.
Wednesday, April 5, 7:00 pm
CLAS Conference Room, 2334 Bowditch Street
Siete
Días en el Once (Seven Days in Once), by Daniel Burman
(2001)
Rich in local flavors, this documentary portrays the daily
life in the Once neighborhood of Buenos Aires where Jews have
settled since the early 20 th century. Through casual conversation
Burman provides a folk history of the neighborhood, its residents,
its institutions and the effects of the 1994 terrorist attack
on the Jewish Community Center at its heart. 42 minutes.
Spanish with English subtitles.
Japón
a través de los mares (Japan Across the Seas),
by Mabel
Maio (1998)
This
documentary describes the ways in which the culture and people
of Japan came to Argentina. In this mosaic of traditions
we see the many fusions produced through cross-cultural contact.
The life histories of many immigrants, including Maria Kodama
(Jorge Luis Borges’ widow) are
retold. 48 minutes.
Spanish with English subtitles.
Wednesday, April 26, 7:00 pm
CLAS Conference Room, 2334 Bowditch Street
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