Cocalero
Directed by Alejandro Landes ( Bolivia, 2006)

This film, nominated for the 2007 Sundance Grand Jury Prize, follows head of the coca-growers union, Evo Morales, as he campaigns for the Bolivian presidency.
94 minutes. Quechua and Spanish with English subtitles.

"In the midst of this consultant-polished election season, Alejandro Landes’s inside look at Evo Morales's successful 2005 run for the Bolivian presidency is both refreshing and just plain fun." — The Village Voice

Wednesday, February 13, 7:00 pm
160 Kroeber Hall

Heading South
by Laurent Cantet (Haiti, 2006)

The escapades of three middle-aged, middle-class Western women on a sex tour to Haiti in the late 1970s are juxtaposed with the country’s deteriorating political and economic situation. 108 minutes. Creole, French and English with English subtitles.

Won two awards at the Venice Film Festival (including the Cinema for Peace award).

Wednesday, March 12, 7:00 pm
160 Kroeber Hall

El Violin
by Francisco Vargas (Mexico, 2006)

A family of traveling musicians plays a dangerous cat-and-mouse game with an army officer occupying their village during a peasant insurrection in 1970s Guerrero. 98 minutes. Spanish with English subtitles.

Monday, April 7, 7:00 pm
Pacific Film Archive Theater