7 pm Lina, now in her seventies, has always been a farmer, going at dawn to Turin’s Porta Palazzo, Europe’s biggest open air market, to sell her vegetables and strawberries. Her life has always been “home, church, and work,” until she encounters a young Moroccan immigrant looking for a job. The filmmaker’s documentation of their evolving lives and relationship over the next several years addresses themes of immigration, globalization, and transformation, as well as the enduring value of working with the land. Presented in partnership with Instituto (more...)

7 pm When Joe Mondragón, an impoverished farmer in Milagro, NM, diverts water from the future site of a large, and lucrative, resort development to irrigate his small bean field, he sets off a chain reaction that threatens to erupt into a small war in this comedy of everyday people caught up in extraordinary circumstances. Presented as part of the Bank of America Free Thursday Film Series. 1988; directed by Robert Redford; English; 118 minutes; rated R. Free ticketed event; tickets available one hour before show

7 pm A visually stunning look at the relationship between humankind and water brings together diverse stories from around the globe to examine how the liquid shapes people’s lives—how we are drawn to it, what we learn from it, how we use it, and the impact of that use on this precious resource. Presented as part of the Bank of America Free Thursday Film Series. 2013; directed by Jennifer Baichwal  & Edward Burtynsky; English; 90 minutes; rated PG. Free ticketed event; tickets available one hour before show

7 pm Beloved Mexican comic Cantinflas (Mario Moreno) portrays a young lawyer who dedicates himself to resolving the problems of the less fortunate. The title is a play on words deriving from his old professor’s description of him as “un hombre puro, y sin mancha” (a pure man, without stain)—qualities he is perceived to share with Cervantes’ Don Quixote de la Mancha (referring, in this case, to the region of Spain in which Don Quixote lives). Presented in partnership with Instituto Cervantes as part of the Bank (more...)

7 pm Cinco de Mayo: La batalla is the story of the 1862 Battle of Puebla, the most important battle in Mexican history. Defending the city of Puebla, the army of General Ignacio Zaragoza, numbering around 2,000 men, won an unlikely victory against a supposedly unbeatable French army of over 6,000—at that time the world’s largest and most powerful army. French forces were withdrawn from the country six years later; the legendary battle for freedom and for Mexico is celebrated to this day. Presented as part of (more...)

7 pm When a Mexican mariachi singer and single father applies for a visa for his daughter to travel to Arizona, his application is promptly denied by an uptight U.S. embassy official looking forward to her forthcoming transfer to London. Subsequent events, and complications, bring the two together in a bilingual romantic comedy that has been described as “a love letter to Mexico City.” Presented as part of the Bank of America Free Thursday Film Series. 2013; directed by Pitipol Ybarra; English/Spanish with English subtitles; 112 minutes; (more...)

7 pm An Acapulco playboy’s bachelor lifestyle comes to a halt when a former lover shows up on his doorstep with a baby girl, asks for money to pay her cab fare, and disappears. His attempt to return the child to her mother leads him to Los Angeles, to a successful career as a stuntman, and to unexpected developments—alternatively sweet, funny, and poignant. Presented as part of the Bank of America Free Thursday Film Series. 2013; directed by Eugenio Derbez; Spanish with English subtitles; 122 minutes; rated (more...)

7 pm Two former thieves reunite to rob the biggest thief they know—a TV infomercial guru who has made millions selling worthless health products to poor Latino immigrants. While his empire is nearly impossible to infiltrate, they know that by going undercover as day laborers they can pull off the heist. When none of their associates want the job, they turn to the real thing for help, forming a team of criminal amateurs with just the right skills. Presented as part of the Bank of America Free (more...)

7 pm Before Night Falls, based on the writer’s autobiography of the same name, is the story of Cuban poet and novelist Reinaldo Arenas, born in rural Oriente province in 1943. After joining the revolution that brought Fidel Castro to power in 1959, Arenas moved to Havana, where he joined a circle of writers and artists and gained critical acclaim for his own work. His political writing and openly gay lifestyle eventually led to imprisonment by the Castro regime, failed attempts to leave the country, and his (more...)