Film
Film: Only Human/Seres Queridos
NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-307 pm Leni, a Jewish television personality, brings her boyfriend Rafi, a Palestinian university professor, home to meet her family in Madrid. Sharing an apartment, the extended family includes a belly-dancing sister, a brother with a wounded pet duck, and a blind grandfather with a loaded rifle. Add in a potentially lethal block of frozen soup, and the couple discovers that whatever can go wrong, will…. Presented as part of the Bank of America Free Thursday Film Series. 2004; directed by Dominic Harari and Teresa Pelegrí; Spanish (more...)
Film: Extraterrestrial
NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-307 pm When Julio wakes up in a strange apartment, his pleasure at realizing that he has spent the night with the beautiful Julia is complicated by the unexpected return of Julia’s boyfriend and the interference of a prying neighbor, as well as the discovery of a giant flying saucer hovering over the deserted city of Madrid and, possibly, the end of the world. Presented as part of the Bank of America Free Thursday Film Series. 2011; directed by Nacho Vigalondo; English; 90 minutes; not rated. Free (more...)
Film: Valentín
NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-307 pm Eight-year-old Valentín lives with his grandmother in late-1960s Buenos Aires. Solemn and observant, he spends a lot of time “building stuff for astronauts” and peering at the world through enormous glasses, observing the adults in his life with analytical zeal. When he feels that the adult world is handling its affairs badly, he takes matters into his own hands. Presented as part of the Bank of America Free Thursday Film Series. 2002; directed by Alejandro Agresti; Spanish with English subtitles; 86 minutes; rated PG-13. Free (more...)
Film: Pelo malo/Bad Hair
NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-307 pm Junior, a nine-year-old boy living in a housing project in Caracas with his widowed mother and baby brother, wants to have his stubbornly curly—or “bad”—hair straightened for his yearbook picture. As he grows increasingly obsessed with his hair, his mother finds him increasingly difficult to handle, and a showdown looms. Presented as part of the Bank of America Free Thursday Film Series. 2014; directed by Mariana Rondón; Spanish with English subtitles; 93 minutes; not rated. Free ticketed event; tickets available one hour before show
Film: Sugar Kisses/Besos de azucar
NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-307 pm Thirteen-year-old Nacho is the son of a market vendor in Mexico City’s rough commercial barrio of Tepito; Mayra is the daughter of “La Diabla,” a gang leader who controls the market stalls. Love might be their only escape from their troubled lives, but twisted circumstances threaten to dismantle their innocent dreams. Presented as part of the Bank of America Free Thursday Film Series. 2013; directed by Carlos Cuarón; Spanish with English subtitles; 85 minutes; not rated. Free ticketed event; tickets available one hour before show
Bosque Chile Festival
NHCC Campus 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM10 am to 7 pm A celebration of food, art, and culture on the Rio Grande, presented by Bernalillo County and the National Hispanic Cultural Center. Join in the celebration of the chile harvest with entertainment, kids’ activities, arts and crafts vendors, food trucks, beer and wine, a salsa competition, and chef demonstrations. New this year—agricultural education workshops and a green chile stew competition. Entertainment Schedule: 10 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. | School of Rock 11:30 a.m. – 1:15 p.m. | Jagg 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. (more...)
Film: Sin nombre
NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-307 pm Sayra, a young Honduran girl, joins her father and uncle on a journey across the Latin American countryside to realize her dream of a new life in the United States. On the way, she crosses paths with Casper, a teenaged Mexican gang member who is trying to outrun his violent past and elude his unforgiving former associates. Presented as part of the Bank of America Free Thursday Film Series. 2009; directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga; Spanish with English subtitles; 96 minutes; rated R. Free ticketed (more...)
4th Annual Globalquerque International Cinema Series: Neruda (Chile)
NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-307 pm In post-World War II Chile, a police prefect pursues Nobel Prize-winning poet Pablo Neruda, now a fugitive in his own country for joining the Communist Party. In this story of a persecuted artist and his obsessive adversary, Neruda sees his chance to become a symbol for liberty as well as a literary legend. 2016; directed by Pablo Larraín; Spanish with English subtitles; 107 minutes; rated R. From late August through September, the Bank of America Thursday Film Series showcases the International Cinema Series, presented in (more...)
4th Annual Globalquerque International Cinema Series: The Way Home/Jibeuro (Korea)
NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-307 pm Seven-year-old Sang-woo, raised in the city, is left with his grandmother in a remote village while his mother looks for work. Selfish and disrespectful, he quickly comes into conflict with her old-fashioned ways and his rural surroundings, but through her patience and devotion learns empathy and the importance of family. 2002; directed by Lee Jeong-hyang; Korean with English subtitles; 85 minutes; not rated. From late August through September, the Bank of America Thursday Film Series showcases the International Cinema Series, presented in partnership with Avokado (more...)
4th Annual Globalquerque International Cinema Series: The Distinguished Citizen/El ciudadano ilustre (Argentina/Spain)
NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-307 pm Nobel Prize-winning, Barcelona-based novelist Daniel Mantovani enjoys the fruits of his success, but feels it is spoiling the integrity of his work. Desperate for self-renovation, he accepts an invitation to receive an award in his hometown of Salas, Argentina, returning, for the first time in 40 years, to be feted—and confronted—by the people who have informed his life’s work. 2016; directed by Gastón Duprat & Mariano Cohn; Spanish with English subtitles; 118 minutes; not rated. From late August through September, the Bank of America Thursday (more...)