Film
Film: Embrace of the Serpent/El abrazo de la serpiente (Spain/Colombia)
NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-307 pm ¡Globalquerque!, Avokado Artists, and the NHCC present the International Cinema Series in September; films in this series are presented in partnership with ¡Globalquerque!, New Mexico’s Twelfth Annual Celebration of World Music and Culture, returning to the NHCC on September 23 & 24. The ravages of colonialism cast a dark shadow over the landscape in Ciro Guerra’s Embrace of the Serpent, centering on an Amazonian shaman, the last survivor of his people, and the two scientists who forge a friendship with him over 40 years. It (more...)
Film: Owl and the Sparrow/Cú Và Chim Se Se (Vietnam)
NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-307 pm ¡Globalquerque!, Avokado Artists, and the NHCC present the International Cinema Series in September; films in this series are presented in partnership with ¡Globalquerque!, New Mexico’s Twelfth Annual Celebration of World Music and Culture, returning to the NHCC on September 23 & 24. A young orphan girl who refuses to surrender her optimism despite difficult circumstances brings two unlikely strangers together in Stephane Gauger’s comedy drama. Supporting herself by selling flowers on the streets of Saigon, she meets a lonely zookeeper and a beautiful flight attendant, (more...)
Film: The Farewell Party/Mita Tova (Israel, 2014)
NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-307 pm ¡Globalquerque!, Avokado Artists, and the NHCC present the International Cinema Series in September; films in this series are presented in partnership with ¡Globalquerque!, New Mexico’s Twelfth Annual Celebration of World Music and Culture, returning to the NHCC on September 23 & 24. An irreverent, bittersweet tragicomedy by Tal Granit and Sharon Maymon about residents in a Jerusalem retirement home, including a longtime amateur inventor who is prevailed upon to build a self-euthanasia machine to help a terminally ill friend. When rumors of the machine begin (more...)

¡Cine Magnífico! Albuquerque Latino Film Festival: VIP Reception
Bank of America Atrium6 pm to 7 pm ¡Cine Magnífico! celebrates Spanish and Latin American culture through presentation of some of the best of modern cinema in a weekend-long program, featuring work by first-time filmmakers and established masters alike. The subject matter runs the gamut from comedies, action, romances and documentary films, to dramatic masterpieces. Some of the riskiest and most innovative films of recent years will be included. ¡Cine Magnífico! is organized by Instituto Cervantes, the National Hispanic Cultural Center and UNM Latin American & Iberian Institute so as (more...)

¡Cine Magnífico! Albuquerque Latino Film Festival: La Novia/The Bride
NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-307:15 pm Director & writer: Paula Ortiz & Javier García Arredondo Actors: Inma Cuesta, Asier Etxeandia & Álex García, Blood Wedding, written in 1932 by Federico Garcia Lorca and first performed in Madrid in March 1933, has become ever since a universally recognized masterpiece in modern literature. La Novia presents a love triangle between The Bride, The Groom and Leonardo, which will result in a tragic love story. $19 w/ $2 discount for students, seniors and NHCC Members. The Bride is not a subtle film, nor should (more...)

¡Cine Magnífico! Albuquerque Latino Film Festival: Landfill Harmonic
NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-3011:30 am Director: Brad Allgood, Graham Townsley Landfill harmonic follows the Recycled Orchestra of Cateura, a paraguayan musical youth group of kids that live next to one of South America’s largest landfills. This unlikely orchestra plays music from instruments made entirely out of garbage. When their story goes viral, the orchestra is catapulted into the global spotlight. With the guidance of their music director, they must navigate this new world of arenas and sold out concerts. However, when a natural disaster devastates their community, the orchestra provides (more...)

¡Cine Magnífico! Albuquerque Latino Film Festival: Historias del Canal
NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-302 pm Directors: Abner Benaim, Carolina Borrero, Luis Franco Brantley, Pinky Mon, Pituka Ortega-Heilbron. Actors: Lakisha May, Andre Morris, Kathleen Wise, Iván González, Carlos Eduardo Goldstein. This historical drama chronicles five incredible stories of people who helped build the famous canal and Panama itself. Spanning a century, from 1913 to 2013, the film weaves together the tales of five remarkable characters: Clarice, a young Jamaican labourer forced to choose between love and survival at the hands her American and British bosses during the Canal’s construction; Jake, the (more...)

¡Cine Magnífico! Albuquerque Latino Film Festival: Club Frontera
NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-302 pm Director: Chris Cashman (in attendance) Club Frontera is a riveting documentary about the Club Tijuana Xoloitzcuintles (Xolos) professional Mexican soccer team and their positive impact on the city of Tijuana, Mexico. The compelling film follows players, fans, political figures, sports personalities, and enthusiasts from both sides of the border as they share their personal stories of how the newly emerging success of the Xolos is changing Tijuana for the better. Free ticketed event; Tickets available one hour prior to the event. La ciudad de Tijuana, (more...)
Film: Benda Bilili (The Democratic Republic of Congo/France)
NHCC-BOD-January-2020-Meeting12 pm ¡Globalquerque!, Avokado Artists, and the NHCC present the International Cinema Series in September; films in this series are presented in partnership with ¡Globalquerque!, New Mexico’s Twelfth Annual Celebration of World Music and Culture, returning to the NHCC on September 23 & 24. The schedule includes the two films that will be shown during the free Global Fiesta on September 24, including Benda Bilili. Staff Benda Bilili (in English, “look beyond”) is a group of street musicians in Kinshasa, capital of the war-torn Democratic Republic of (more...)
Film: Favela Rising (Brazil)
NHCC-BOD-January-2020-Meeting2 pm ¡Globalquerque!, Avokado Artists, and the NHCC present the International Cinema Series in September; films in this series are presented in partnership with ¡Globalquerque!, New Mexico’s Twelfth Annual Celebration of World Music and Culture, returning to the NHCC on September 23 & 24. The schedule includes the two films that will be shown during the free Global Fiesta on September 24, including Favela Rising. Haunted by the murders of his family and many of his friends, a former drug trafficker turns social revolutionary in Rio de (more...)