• Film: María Moliner: Tendiendo Palabras

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    7 pm Born in Zaragoza, Spain in 1900, María Moliner is known for her great work, the Diccionario de Uso del Español. A librarian and lexicographer, she began compiling the […]

  • Film: Chavela

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    7 pm Born in Costa Rica to pious parents who were embarrassed by their boyish daughter, Isabel Vargas Lizano ran away to Mexico City to sing on the streets. At […]

  • Film: Ella Es el Matador

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    7 pm There is a long and surprising history of women fighting in the Spanish bullring—and fighting to have the chance to do so. Maripaz Vega, a Spaniard, is currently […]

  • Film: Dolores

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    7 pm One of the most important, yet least known activists of our time, Dolores Huerta was an equal partner in founding the first farmworkers’ union with César Chávez. Tirelessly […]

  • Film: The Rise and Fall of the Brown Buffalo

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    7 pm An innovative, genre-defying look at the life of radical Chicano lawyer, author and countercultural icon Oscar Zeta Acosta. Best known for his volatile friendship with legendary journalist-provocateur Hunter […]

  • Film: La Novia

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    7 pm Based on Federico García Lorca’s play Bodas de Sangre (Blood Wedding), La Novia, set in Spain in the early decades of the 20th century, is the story of […]

  • Film: Riot Girls: Españolas en corto

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    7 pm Four short films curated by the online magazine Cortosfera.es and demonstrating the growing importance of female directors in this genre. From Instituto Cervantes’ Espacio femenino series; presented in […]

  • Film: Requisitos para ser una persona normal

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    7 pm Maria has turned 30 years old, and now she has an immediate goal in life: to become a normal person, rather than the peculiar person she considers herself […]

  • Film: Is It Really So Strange?

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    7 pm Burgeoning since Morrissey moved to LA, the Latino fan scene is the subject of Is It Really So Strange?, a documentary film by William E. Jones, who immersed […]