Film

7 pm Since pre-Hispanic times, death has played a fundamental role in Zapotec life. The traditional celebration of Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, in the Zapotec community of Teotitlán del Valle, Oaxaca, Mexico focuses on the importance of family and extended family relations. The celebration includes family-based observances and altars, and continues with a community-wide ritual remembrance in the cemetery. Presented in partnership with Metamorfosis Documentation Project, a non-profit organization documenting and supporting cross-cultural rituals and dances in the Americas through collaborative projects (more...)

7 pm The celebration of Todos Santos in Candelaria, a small farming and weaving community in the southern Andes of Bolivia, is the Yampara culture’s version of Day of the Dead, when the souls of the deceased return to visit their families and partake of the feast celebrated in their honor. Todos Santos serves specific functions to promote well-being within families and communities, reassuring members of their ties to the land and their culture. Presented in partnership with Metamorfosis Documentation Project, a non-profit organization documenting and supporting (more...)

7 pm With the rallying cry of “su voto es su voz” (“your vote is your voice”), Mexican American activist Willie Velasquez launched a grassroots movement that changed the nation’s political landscape forever. Through the nonpartisan Southwest Voter Registration and Education Project (SVREP), Velasquez launched over a thousand voter registration drives in 200 cities, creating a movement that has continued to grow in power each year. Directed by Hector Galán; presented in partnership with New Mexico PBS. Free ticketed event; tickets available one hour before show

7 pm A musical drama film based on Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s stage musical of the same name, Evita follows the life of Eva Perón, from her humble beginnings through her rise to fame, political career, and death at the age of 33. A B-picture actress, Eva Duarte eventually became the wife of Argentine president Juan Perón. Instrumental in her husband’s political success, she attained supreme celebrity in the 1940s as the most beloved, and hated, woman in Argentina. Directed by Alan Parker; presented in (more...)

7 pm Drawn from the real-life journals of two young Argentines, Alberto Granado and Ernesto “Che” Guevara de la Serna, Diarios de Motocicleta traces their eight-month, 8,000-mile road trip across South America in 1952. What begins as a lark turns into a profound journey of discovery, as their aging motorcycle carries the two farther and farther away from the familiar comfort of Buenos Aires; the trip through the rich and complex human and social topography of the continent provides the formative experiences that turn Che Guevara into (more...)

7 pm In a small Spanish town, an impoverished truck driver, in danger of having his vehicle repossessed, becomes involved in an annual Christmas charity drive that opens his eyes to the problems of others. Plácido takes a satirical look at charity from the head—the cold, calculated kind—as compared to charity from the heart. Directed by Luis García Berlanga; presented in partnership with Instituto Cervantes. 1961; Spanish with English subtitles; 85 minutes; not rated. Free ticketed event; tickets available one hour before show

7 pm The Wisdom Archive presents the world premieres of Monica Sosaya, Maestra de Tradición and Una Tarde Íntima de Música con Antonia Apodaca y Cipriano Vigil. The screening will also include Monica Sosaya: The Colcha Lesson and an excerpt from a work-in-progress, Cipriano Vigil: Cantautor de la Gente. A new Santa Fe based 501(c)(3) non-profit, The Wisdom Archive is dedicated to the preservation and celebration of traditional art, culture, and knowledge through a YouTube-based video archive. Free ticketed event; tickets available one hour before show At 85, Monica Sosaya is the "Grand Dame" of the annual Santa Fe (more...)

7 pm Written by Luis Valdez, produced by El Teatro Campesino, and filmed in and around San Juan Bautista Mission, La Pastorela is a musical retelling of the shepherds’ journey to Bethlehem to see the Christ Child. Gila Diaz, an adolescent girl from a large Mexican American family in rural Texas, attends a performance of the traditional play and is transported into the story by a freak accident, making her own surrealistic dream journey to the Bethlehem manger. Originally produced for PBS’s Great Performances Series, the film (more...)

7 pm A lifelong affair of the heart between Chico, a piano player, and Rita, a vocalist, takes the protagonists through “Havana in its pre-Fidel days of big spenders, New York in the heyday of jazz, Paris when foreign musicians were hot, Vegas in its early golden years.” Essentially constructed as a musical, the indie production was nominated for an Oscar for Best Animated Feature. Presented in partnership with Instituto Cervantes as part of the Bank of America Free Thursday Film Series.   2012; directed by Fernando Trueba, (more...)

7 pm An ambitious, womanizing salesman’s desire for a “perfect life” is derailed when a competition for a promotion devolves into murder, blackmail, surrealistic plot twists, and the realization that there is no such thing as the “perfect crime.” Presented in partnership with Instituto Cervantes as part of the Bank of America Free Thursday Film Series. 2004; directed by Álex de la Iglesia; Spanish with English subtitles; 105 minutes; not rated. Free ticketed event; tickets available one hour before show