Power of Our Stories: Building the American Dream & Campesinos: America’s Unsung Heroes
2024-04-11 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Bank of America Theatre, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
2nd Annual Film Symposium
2:00 pm Screening Building the American Dream
3:30 pm Screening Campesinos: America’s Unsung Heroes
4:00 pm Panel Discussion & Q&A to immediately follow with Chealse Hernandez, Alex Ontiveros & shiloh burton
NHCC | Bank of America Theatre
Free community event
Across Texas, an unstoppable construction boom drives urban sprawl and luxury high-rises. Its dirty secret: abuse of immigrant labor. BUILDING THE AMERICAN DREAM captures a turning point as a movement forms to fight widespread construction industry injustices. Grieving their son, a Mexican family campaigns for a life-and-death safety ordinance. A Salvadorian electrician couple owed thousands in back pay fights for their children’s future. A bereaved son battles to protect others from his family’s preventable tragedy. A story of courage, resilience, and community, the film reveals shocking truths about the hardworking immigrants who build the American Dream, of which they are excluded.
Run Time: 73 mins
The documentary, Campesinos: America’s Unsung Heroes is a moving and vivid first-hand look at the struggles farm workers face on both a local and national level. It was filmed at several farms near Silicon Valley and shows how the gritty reality of farm workers is similar everywhere. No stone is left unturned as it makes sure to give insight into the life of farm workers, who are often forgotten by the American Mainstream. Director Joe Poni and Producer Alex Ontiveros (Silicon Valley Latino), and Salvador Chavez are delighted with the enthusiastic reception that the documentary has received in film festivals and from audiences that have viewed it in private screenings. It has won 7 awards- including a Telly Award. Time and time again, this documentary has proven to be eye-opening and a heartfelt tribute to the lives of agricultural workers everywhere.
The life of a farmworker is a rough life. Many risk it all to arrive in this nation. They have little contact with their families back in their country of origin. They work using only the bare minimum to support their families. The work they do doesn’t provide them with welfare or pandemic pay, yet it serves as their only source of income. If a farm worker doesn’t work, they don’t eat. Campesinos makes it clear that farm workers deal with many issues while living under the American Shadow. To make matters worse, there is a stigma that farm workers are seen as criminals and as other negative caricatures that aren’t true to the reality of farm workers. Farm workers in California produce two-thirds of the nation’s fruits and nuts and over 90% of national production, a point further elaborated on within the documentary. Agricultural workers aren’t recognized or respected for their back-breaking labor. Some are even disrespected and even seen as less of what they are.
Run Time: 33 mins

Power of Our Stories: Crow County: Our Right to Food Sovereignty, Adios Amor, & Mayors of Shiprock
2024-04-11 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Bank of America Theatre, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
2nd Annual Film Symposium
6:00 pm Doors
6:30 pm Screening Crow Country: Our Right to Food Sovereignty
7:00 pm Screening Adios Amor
8:00 pm Screening The Mayors of Shiprock
9:00 pm Panel Discussion & Q&A to immediately follow with Ramona Emerson, Laurie Coyle, Tsanavi Spoonhunter
NHCC | Bank of America Theatre
Free community event.
Crow country: Our Right To Food Sovereignty is a 20-minute documentary that enlightens its audience to one tribe’s struggle to retain food security. The Crow Indian Reservation is the largest reservation in Montana, encompassing 2.2 million acres of land. There are approximately 8,000 Crow (Apsáalooke) tribal members who live there. In 2017, the Crow Agency laid off 1,000 of its 1,300 employees due to federal government cutbacks, ultimately straining tribal operations and leaving many families struggling to make ends meet. In 2019, the only grocery store on the reservation burnt down, and the owners are not planning to rebuild. For the Crow, the federal and tribal governments are both failing its people.
The Crow Tribe— like most tribes— have been reliant on federal, tribal and non profit food distribution centers. As a result, tribal nations across the country are exploring the idea of ‘food sovereignty,’ the inherent right of a community to identify its own food systems. Returning to traditional and nutritious foods has been shown to be an effective way to restore Native food systems and create employment. However, restrictions on ancestral hunting grounds are preventing tribal members from providing for themselves and their families. CROW COUNTRY tells the stories of three Apsáalooke tribal members: a journalist; an elder; and a hunter, as they try to address these issues, and focuses on their resilience despite the hardships that they face.
Run Time: 20 mins
In Adios Amor, the discovery of lost photographs sparks the search for a hero that history forgot— Maria Moreno, a migrant mother who sacrificed everything but her twelve kids in the passionate pursuit of justice for farmworkers. Years before Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta launched the United Farm Workers, Maria picked up the only weapon she had—her voice—and became an outspoken leader in an era when women were relegated to the background. The first farm worker woman in America to be hired as a union organizer, Maria’s story was silenced, and her legacy buried—until now.
Run Time: 58 mins
The Mayors of Shiprock: Every Monday in the small community of Shiprock, New Mexico, a group of young Navajo leaders meet to decide how they will help their community. For over seven years, the Northern Dine Youth Committee has worked to give youth opportunities to directly make changes within their community. But while the NDYC works to make changes, many members also consider their own futures, commitments to family and the world outside of the Shiprock. While they love their community, they all must consider their options both on and off the reservation.
Run Time: 52 mins

Power Of Our Stories: Lupe Under the Sun & Team Meryland
2024-04-12 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Bank of America Theatre, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
2nd Annual Film Symposium
12:30 pm: Doors open
1:00pm: Screening- Lupe Under the Sun
2:30 pm: Screening- Team Meryland
3:15 pm: Panel Discussion and Q&A to immediately follow with Gabriel Gaurano and Rodrigo Reyes moderated by Deborah Blanche as Emma Tenayuca
Free Community Event.
Lupe Under the Sun is a neorealist film following an aging migrant worker living in California, who longs to return to Mexico before it is too late. Featuring a cast of nonprofessional actors, real farmworkers and authentic locations, Lupe Under the Sun tackles issues of depression, homesickness and the immigrant myth of the American Dream.
Long estranged from his family in Michoacán, migrant laborer Lupe finds relief from the backbreaking work of harvesting peaches in California’s Central Valley through camaraderie and a quiet love affair with fellow immigrant Gloria. Soon the stability of his daily routine begins to crack under the weight of a life scarred with regret and missed opportunities. Filmed in a classic neorealist style, director Rodrigo Reyes’s deeply moving debut fiction feature, inspired by the life of his own grandfather, is at once an intimately drawn meditation on life’s missed chances and a tale of the universal struggles of immigrants. Winner of Film Independent’s Canon Filmmaker Award, Reyes’s unforgettable film heralds the arrival of an important new voice in American cinema.
Run Time: 78 mins
Team Meryland by Gabriel Gaurano In the projects of Watts, Meryland Gonzales, a twelve-year-old female boxer trains to be crowned the 2019 Junior Olympics champion. Meanwhile, her immigrant parents work tirelessly to give their child a shot at achieving her dream. Brought to you by PBS POV.
Run Time: 27 mins
Emma Tenayuca: La Pasionara De San Antonio Presented by Deborah Blanche
By the magic of imagination, the ultimate time machine, we will meet Miss Tenayuca today in 2024. In W1973 she was nominated to the Texas Women’s Hall of Fame but rejected as too radical. She will remember her days as a young activist and leader in the Workers’ Alliance, will take us back to 1934-1939 when she was organizing picket lines for the Mexican women who worked as pecan shellers, giving interviews to reporters, speaking from the steps of City Hall, and commenting on her so-called “commie” activities and subsequent arrests. Emma became the best-known labor organizer of San Antonio’s Spanish speaking community and was dubbed by newspapers “La pasionara” for her impassioned speaking style. Emma’s story resounds with topics of contemporary concern: Borderlands immigration; labor and economic justice; the right to dissent vs. mob and police violence; and biculturalism.

Power of Our Stories: Unseen & Singing Our Way to Freedom
2024-04-12 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Bank of America Theatre, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
2nd Annual Film Symposium
4:30 pm Screening Unseen
6:00 pm Dinner Break
7:00 pm Screening Singing Our Way to Freedom
8:30-9:30 pm Panel Discussion & Q&A to immediately follow with
Set Hernandez & Paul Espinosa
NHCC | Bank of America Theatre
Free community event.
Most people dream of a better future. Pedro, an aspiring social worker, is no different. But as a blind, undocumented immigrant, Pedro faces political restrictions to obtain his college degree, secure a job in his field, and support his family. As he finally graduates, uncertainty looms over Pedro. What starts as a journey to provide mental health care for his community ultimately transforms into Pedro’s path towards his own healing. Through experimental cinematography and sound, Unseen reimagines the accessibility of cinema, while exploring the intersections of immigration, disability, and mental health.
Run Time: 90 mins
Singing Our Way To Freedom chronicles the life and music of Ramon “Chunky” Sanchez from his humble beginnings as a farmworker in Blythe, California to the dramatic moment when he received one of his nation’s highest musical honors at the Library of Congress in Washington DC. As a young man in the 1970s, Chunky joined the picket lines in California and became Cesar Chavez’s favorite musician. His journey is a remarkable lens on a time when young Mexican Americans became Chicanos. Chunky learned how to employ humor, honesty and music to inspire folks to stand up and speak truth to power. His arc of transformation from marginalized farm kid to charismatic social activist shows how one person can mobilize people to change the world, reminding us that the battle for freedom has to be fought anew by every generation.
Run Time: 87 mins

Gran Baile: Gathering of Communities
2024-04-12 | NHCC | Education Building: Grand Hall, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102, United States
6:00 – 10:00 pm
UNM Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies presents Gran Baile: Gathering of Communities, featuring Bandalegre and Los Texmaniacs. Event for all ages with an enchilada dinner. For more information, please call 505-277-6414.
Free Community Event, please register below.

* The event is a rental event not an NHCC production. The title, content, photos/images and description for this event were provided to the NHCC by the organization renting the NHCC venue for the event. By serving as a venue and posting the event on its website, the NHCC is not endorsing any views expressed in the title or description of the event, nor is it endorsing the content of the event.

Cervantes Film Series: Relatos de la Resistencia: Los Bilbao
2024-04-12 | Virtual
12:00 pm MST (available for 96 hours)
Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel Here:
Relatos de la Resistencia: Buscando un lugar en el mundo
The young director Pedro Speroni debuted in feature-length documentaries with Rancho (2021), where he already demonstrated his sensitivity in approaching the very delicate reality of people who are incarcerated. The personal relationship he established with Iván, a prison inmate, in that first film allowed the filmmaker to accompany him on his life journey after leaving prison and reuniting with his family and his life. Currently, director Pedro Speroni is working on Talía, a woman he has also accompanied in his life inside and outside the penitentiary, with which he will finish his trilogy on the world of the prison.
Synopsis: Iván Bilbao returns home, to the city of Chascomús (Argentina), after having spent five years in prison. His wife, Yamila, and his little daughter, Luz, are waiting for him. Pedro Speroni’s camera infiltrates this family trying to return to normality, almost as if it were an invisible character, and shows that the return is anything but easy.
Screening: Los Bilbao | Director/s: Pedro Speroni | Year: 2022 | Format: Digital | Running time: Largometraje – 74 min | Genre: Documental | Country: Argentina | Original version: español | Subtitles: inglés, francés, portugués (de Brasil), italiano, español | Rated: SC

Relatos de la Resistencia: Buscando un lugar en el mundo, the strength of documentary filmmaking in Spain is a phenomenon with three decades of history. The work of the monographic festivals has been crucial to maintain its strength and validity among the public interested in the new expressive forms of cinema, but also among those who seek in the documentary to know the perspective and experiences of others, often very distant spatially, temporally, and culturally.
In collaboration with the DocsBarcelona festival, this online film series that stars the month of April on our Vimeo channel brings together four documentaries that allow us to meet people whose lives are marked by adventure, and not always in its most positive interpretation. In addition, the direction of these works tells us about the place from where we elaborate the stories of loss, but also those of survival and overcoming.
PROGRAM
April 5: La Chana (2017), by Lucija Stojevic
April 12: Los Bilbao (2022), by Pedro Speroni
April 19: Light Falls Vertical (2022), by Efthymia Zymvragaki
April 26: Querida Sara (2021), by Patricia Franquesa

Annual César Chávez and Dolores Huerta Celebration
2024-04-13 | Salón Ortega, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
9:00 am – 3:00 pm
March for Justice: 10:00 am
Fiesta: 12:00 – 3:00 pm
The Recuerda a Cesar Chavez Committee (RCCC) and the Center are excited to announce the return of the annual César Chávez and Dolores Huerta Celebration – the only celebration of its kind in the country that honors both great civil rights leaders. The legendary Dolores Huerta will be our honored guest!
Since 2007, the National Hispanic Cultural Center has collaborated with Albuquerque’s Recuerda a César Chávez Committee (RCCC) to celebrate the life and legacy of the renowned American civil rights leader César Estrada Chávez, co-founder, with Dolores Huerta, of the National Farmworkers Association and subsequently president of the United Farmworkers of America.
The Annual César Chávez and Dolores Huerta Celebration is sponsored by the City of Albuquerque and supported by the National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC) and the County of Bernalillo.
Free Community Event.

Power of Our Stories: Salt of the Earth (1954), Chuy Martinez & Jesus Quinones
2024-04-13 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Bank of America Theatre, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
2nd Annual Film Symposium
2:00 pm: Doors open
2:30 pm: Screening- Salt of the Earth (1954)
Panel Discussion & Q&A to immediately follow with Chuy Martinez & Jesus Quinones & Special Guests
Free Community Event.
At New Mexico’s Empire Zinc mine, Mexican-American workers protest the unsafe work conditions and unequal wages compared to their Anglo counterparts. Ramon Quintero (Juan Chacon) helps organize the strike, but he is shown to be a hypocrite by treating his pregnant wife, Esperanza (Rosaura Revueltas), with a similar unfairness. When an injunction stops the men from protesting, however, the gender roles are reversed, and women find themselves on the picket lines while the men stay at home.
Release date: March 14, 1954 (USA) Director: Herbert Biberman Cast: Juan Chacón, Mervin Williams, Henrietta Williams, MORE Screenplay: Michael Wilson, Michael Biberman Production company: Independent Production Company (IPC) Producers: Paul Jarrico, Sonja Dahl Biberman, Adolfo Barela, Elsa Kern Cinematography: Leonard Stark, Stanley Meredith
Run Time: 94 mins

Opera Southwest: Beyond Carmen
2024-04-14 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Bank of America Theatre, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
An Evening with Audrey Babcock and Andrés Vadin
3:00 pm
NHCC | Bank of America Theatre
Opera Southwest and the National Hispanic Cultural Center present an homage to Bizet’s Carmen. Mezzo-soprano Audrey Babcock weaves legends of the Old World into a 21st-century musical tapestry that spans generations and genres—from classical to flamenco to tango, medieval to modern. Featuring guitarist Andrés Vadin.
$35 with discounts for students and Opera for All with a WIC or EBT card.

“Carmen. There is no more iconic woman in Operatic history. She is so singled out that her image has become mainstream and is synonymous with the Femme Fatale. There is no image, no legend, no creature, more riddled with weaponized femininity then my beloved, Carmencita. Carmen’s origin story is rich—it has been written that the author of the original novella, Prosper Mérimée, derived his inspiration for this illusory gypsy from a real-life Sephardic Jew. Though Jews were exotic at the time, Gypsies had a more solid reputation for nefariousness and made a more daring choice for his Parisian newspaper-reading audience. With ‘Beyond Carmen’ we will explore her Sephardic roots, singing in Ladino or “Judeo Spanish”, similar to ancient Castilian Spanish. We will play with the rhythms, textures, and accents of the marginalized people of the diaspora, and most of all we will sing and cry out for the misunderstood experience of being fiercely female in a time that saw a woman’s strength as something dangerous, dark, and destined for annihilation.” – Audrey Babcock
$35 with discounts for students and Opera for All with a WIC or EBT card.
For more information about Opera Southwest, please, visit their website here: www.operasouthwest.org

2024 AfroMundo Festival: Historic Rebel Women
2024-04-14 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Wells Fargo Auditorium, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
3:00 pm
2024 AfroMundo Festival
Maroons, Rebels, Dreamers & Visionaries
Featuring Colombia, Costa Rica, Jamaica & USA
April 12 – 20, 2024
Music, literature, oral histories theater, films, culinary taste feasts, panel discussions and more.
2024 AfroMundo Festival: Historic Rebel Women. Screening of Queen Nanny: Legendary Maroon Chieftainess.
Directed by Roy T Anderson, 2015, 59 min
This film documents the military genius of Nanny of Jamaica, one of the most successful yet least recognized heroines of slave rebellions.
The screening is followed by a panel discussion of inspiring, historic rebel women. Panelists include Ronald D. Cummings, Jamaican Maroon Scholar; Natasha Gordon-Chipembere, Costa Rican author of award winning historical novel Finding La Negrita; Diana Carolina Angulo Ramirez, co-author of “Unveiling the past: Enslaved Lives Matter,” and Belinda Deneen Wallace, UNM Associate Professor of Caribbean and African Diasporic literatures, Afrofuturism, Queer Studies, and more.
All events are free and open to the general public. Please make your reservation below.
*AfroMundo Festival 2024 graphic “Thorns & Blooms” by Lauryn Mills Bohannon, featured courtesy of Bold Futures.

2024 AfroMundo Festival: Contemporary Rebel Women
2024-04-14 | Salón Ortega, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
7:00 pm
2024 AfroMundo Festival
Maroons, Rebels, Dreamers & Visionaries
Featuring Colombia, Costa Rica, Jamaica & USA
April 12 – 20, 2024
Music, literature, oral histories theater, films, culinary taste feasts, panel discussions and more.

A literary reading of poetry and prose. Poet Shirley Campbell Barr is author of five poetry collections, among them De Negro Vengo Ataviada, the seminal Rotundamente Negra y Otras Poemas, and Palabras Indelebles de Poetas Negras. Suzanne Barr is the author of My Ackee Tree: A Chef’s Memoir of Finding Home in the Kitchen. Yashika Graham is a Jamaican writer, visual artists, and author of the forthcoming poetry collection Some of Us Can Go Back Home.
All events in the 2024 AfroMundo Festival are free and open to the general public. Please make your reservation below.
*AfroMundo Festival 2024 graphic Bold Futures by artist, Lauryn Mills Bohannon

2024 AfroMundo Festival: Black Farmers: Modern Maroons (Sold Out)
2024-04-15 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Wells Fargo Auditorium, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
NOTE: This event is sold out. Tickets will be released on a first-come, first-served basis beginning at 7:10 pm.
7:00 pm
2024 AfroMundo Festival
Maroons, Rebels, Dreamers & Visionaries
Featuring Colombia, Costa Rica, Jamaica & USA
April 12 – 20, 2024
Music, literature, oral histories theater, films, culinary taste feasts, panel discussions and more.
Screening of Documentary Farming While Black
Directed by Mark Decena, 2023, 75 min
Farming While Black examines the historical plight of Black farmers in the United States and the rising generation reclaiming their rightful ownership to land and reconnecting with their ancestral roots.
Screening is followed by a panel discussion with New Mexico Black farmers. Alyssa Frye is a community organizer, holistic health advocate, and nomadic earthworker. Shahid Mustafa is the founder of Taylor Hood Farms and Board Vice President of the New Mexico Agrarian Commons. Eugene Pickett is Chairman Founder of Black Farmers and Ranchers.
All events are free and open to the general public. Please make your reservation below.
*AfroMundo Festival 2024 graphic “Thorns & Blooms” by Lauryn Mills Bohannon, featured courtesy of Bold Futures.

Early Childhood Bilingual Storytime
2024-04-16 | NHCC Library, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
10:00 am
Stories come to life through art, movement, and more! In April, our theme will be “Fun and Games.” Join us as we read from Playing Loteria/El juego de la Loteria, by Rene Colato Lainez, and Chicka Chicka Boom Boom/Chica chica bum bum, by Bill Martin. For children ages 3 to 5 and caregivers.
Free Community Event, generously supported by NM Gas.

2024 AfroMundo Festival: Afro-Latin Culinary Memory, Power, Resistance & Creativity
2024-04-17 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Wells Fargo Auditorium, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
NOTE: A limited number of tickets are available for this event.
7:00 pm
2024 AfroMundo Festival
Maroons, Rebels, Dreamers & Visionaries
Featuring Colombia, Costa Rica, Jamaica & USA
April 12 – 20, 2024
Music, literature, oral histories theater, films, culinary taste feasts, panel discussions and more.

Afro-Latin Culinary Memory, Power, Resistance & Creativity: For Afro diasporas, food remains one of the most effective means of resistance, of cultural retention, and innovation. Come join in this culinary discussion with Angelica Mena: Afro-Columbian Chef and Founder of San Francisco’s Sukulentas; and with Chef Suzanne Barr, recipient of a 2021 Social Advocate of the Year Award, and featured in acclaimed documentary The Heat: A kitchen (R)evolution (2018).
All events are free and open to the general public. Please make your reservation below.
*AfroMundo Festival 2024 graphic “Thorns & Blooms” by Lauryn Mills Bohannon, featured courtesy of Bold Futures.

2024 AfroMundo Festival: World Premier: Sterling’s Silver
2024-04-19 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Wells Fargo Auditorium, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
NOTE: A limited number of tickets are available for this event.
7:00 pm
2024 AfroMundo Festival
Maroons, Rebels, Dreamers & Visionaries
Featuring Colombia, Costa Rica, Jamaica & USA
April 12 – 20, 2024
Music, literature, oral histories theater, films, culinary taste feasts, panel discussions and more.
An enhanced Reader’s Production of a play by Karen Jones Meadows. “In the 1800s a 150-year plan fueled by war, vision, passion, naïveté, rage, secrets, entrepreneurship, and African-American sweat, fashion a clandestine community determined to leave a living legacy of sovereignty and strategies for generations.”
New Mexico resident Karen Jones Meadows is the author of multiple anthologized and performed plays, and the recipient of a 2020 Story Protector Award. She has presented at the United Nation, UNESCO, International Women’s Economic Forum, and much more.
All events in the 2024 AfroMundo Festival are free and open to the general public. Please make your reservation below.
*AfroMundo Festival 2024 graphic “Thorns & Blooms” by Lauryn Mills Bohannon, featured courtesy of Bold Futures.

Cervantes Film Series: Relatos de la Resistencia: Light Falls Vertical
2024-04-19 | Virtual
12:00 pm MST (available for 96 hours)
Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel Here:
Relatos de la Resistencia: Buscando un lugar en el mundo
Efthymia Zymvragaki receives a proposal from a man who confesses to abuse in order to investigate the vision of the perpetrator of violence. With the courage to tell a story in the first person, the debut feature of this Greek director addresses the issue of violence that weighs so heavily in today’s society with the intention of approaching it in a complex and intimate way.
Synopsis: A man named Ernesto, a resident of the Canary Islands, contacts filmmaker Efthymia Zymvragaki to propose making a film about his life. He explains to her that in gender violence there are always two sides: the victim and the aggressor. He confesses to being the aggressor. The Greek director then embarks on a journey, real and cinematic, in which she discovers the hidden corners, the lights and shadows of a character trapped in the cycle of violence, and in the process realizes that Ernesto is, in reality, half criminal and half victim, and that his story pushes her to confront her own family history, which she left in her native country two decades ago.
Screening: Light Falls Vertical | Director/s: Efthymia Zymvragaki | Year: 2022 | Format: Digital | Running time: Largometraje – 85 min | Genre: Documental | Country: España, Alemania, Italia y Países Bajos | Original version: español | Subtitles: inglés, francés, portugués (de Brasil), italiano, español | Rated: +12

Relatos de la Resistencia: Buscando un lugar en el mundo, the strength of documentary filmmaking in Spain is a phenomenon with three decades of history. The work of the monographic festivals has been crucial to maintain its strength and validity among the public interested in the new expressive forms of cinema, but also among those who seek in the documentary to know the perspective and experiences of others, often very distant spatially, temporally, and culturally.
In collaboration with the DocsBarcelona festival, this online film series that stars the month of April on our Vimeo channel brings together four documentaries that allow us to meet people whose lives are marked by adventure, and not always in its most positive interpretation. In addition, the direction of these works tells us about the place from where we elaborate the stories of loss, but also those of survival and overcoming.
PROGRAM
April 5: La Chana (2017), by Lucija Stojevic
April 12: Los Bilbao (2022), by Pedro Speroni
April 19: Light Falls Vertical (2022), by Efthymia Zymvragaki
April 26: Querida Sara (2021), by Patricia Franquesa

Festival Ballet Albuquerque: Billy the Kid & Other Tall Tales
2024-04-19 - 2024-04-20 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre, 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
7:00 pm Friday
2:00 pm & 7:00 pm Saturday
Billy the Kid, Blue Jean Blues, Southwest FolkTails, & Giselle
Festival Ballet Albuquerque presents an original production of Billy the Kid, a ballet telling the story of Billy from childhood until his death at age 22, true to historical accuracy as anyone knows. The ballet has an ensemble of cowboys, townspeople, dance hall girls, and the important people in Billy’s life, including his beloved Mother, John Tunstall, J.J. Dolan, love interest Maria, and of course, Sheriff Pat Garrett.

The evening begins with the music of the Mystic Vic Blues Band playing live onstage with the FBA professional dancers in Blue Jean Blues choreographed by Patricia Dickinson Wells. A new children’s ballet, Southwest FolkTails is based on families of New Mexican “critters” sporting tails with character costumes expertly designed and constructed by master craftsman, Joe Moncada. Imagine hummingbirds, quails, coyotes, snakes, and roosters!
The evening ends with the classical 18th century ballet, Giselle (in One Act) complete with village scenes, beautiful costumes, and scenery. The epic ballet premiered in 1841, but most of the versions today are based on the revivals by choreographer Marius Petipa in the early 20th century. Set to music by composer Adolphe Adam, the epic story follows the tragically short life of Giselle through love, heartache, death, and the after-death where she is summoned from her grave by the vengeful, deadly sisterhood of the Willis who are unmarried women who died after being betrayed by their lover. Giselle’s great love for her betrayer, Albrecht, saves him from sure death by the Willis, and thus saves herself from becoming one of them.
Come ½ hour early before showtime and enjoy a pre-concert performance by Mystic Vic Blues Band!
$14, $20, $29, $39 & $49 w/ a $2 discount for seniors and children 10 years old and younger
Run Time: 2 hours
*The event is a rental event not an NHCC production. The title, content, photos/images and description for this event were provided to the NHCC by the organization renting the NHCC venue for the event. By serving as a venue and posting the event on its website, the NHCC is not endorsing any views expressed in the title or description of the event, nor is it endorsing the content of the event.

Colcha Community Stitch A-Long
2024-04-23 | Domenici Education Building, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
9:30 am in-person
10:30 am Zoom
Our Colcha Community Stich-A-Long is open to all levels of experience in an informal setting. This workshop is instructed by Annette Gutierrez-Turk. Annette has taught colcha, a Spanish Colonial embroidery style, to groups internationally and at the NHCC for many years. She is also an award-winning artist, most recently recognized in 2019 at Traditional Spanish Market in Santa Fe. Annette will demonstrate as well as answer questions. Join us every month on the fourth Tuesday, in-person at 9:30am and on Zoom at 10:30am. Everyone will have a chance to share what they are working on.
Please register here every month and we will email the Zoom link to you. Questions: email Annette at Annette.Lujan@dca.nm.gov or call the NHCC Welcome Center at 505-724-4771.
Free Community Event.
Thank you to the Sandia Mountains-EGA for their continued support of this program.
For more on Colcha, please watch this video: Colcha Circle Video
Here is the pattern used in the beginner colcha kit. Click the thumbnail below to enlarge.

NHCC Book Club
2024-04-24 | HLA Conference Room, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
The NHCC is thrilled to announce that we will be reconnecting in person with lovers of literature, folks who love to read, and those who enjoy talking about the far reaches of Latinidad. We will meet on the last Wednesday of every month in the Center’s HLA Conference Room.
In April, we will be reading Afterlife, by Julia Alvarez. Afterlife tells the story of an immigrant writer, reeling from her beloved husband’s sudden death in the wake of her retirement, whose life is further derailed by the reappearance of her unstable sister and an entreaty for help by a pregnant undocumented teen.
Free community event. Please let us know who will be attending below.

Film: The Human Zoo (Calafate, zoológicos humanos)
2024-04-25 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Wells Fargo Auditorium, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
5:00 pm Reception & Cash Bar
6:00 pm Doors
6:30 pm Director’s talk
7:00 pm Screening
Panel Discussion & Q&A to immediately follow
NHCC | Bank of America Theatre
Toward the end of the 19th century, 25 people from four different Chilean indigenous groups were kidnapped from Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia by a German businessman and taken to Europe to be exhibited as attractions in cities throughout the continent. THE HUMAN ZOO uncovers the history of this colonial spectacle, and follows the fallout into the present.
With Chilean historian Christian Baez, director Hans Mülchi Bremer contacts these native people’s descendants, and traces their voyage from South America across Europe, paying particular attention to the fate of Calafate, a Selk’nam boy who was taken when he was just 9 years old, and survived to return to his native land.
Others were not so lucky. The filmmakers discover a collection of skeletons of five Kawesqar people in the archives of the Anthropology Department at the University of Zurich, and with help from the Swiss researchers, begin the process of repatriation to Chile.
Their efforts—and those of the Kawesqar descendants—reveal not only the persisting legacy of colonial oppression, but also the fissures that still separate indigenous Chilean communities from their national government.
Program generously supported by UNM Latin American and Iberian Institute, FIU Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center, Guadalupe Institute Western Hemisphere Center, New Mexico Humanities Now!, & Student Organization for Latin American Studies (SOLAS)
The Human Zoo (original title: Calafate, zoológicos humanos) | A film by Han Mülchi Bremer | 93 minutes/ color | English; Spanish/ English subtitles | Release: 2013 | Copyright: 2011 | https://icarusfilms.com/if-zoo | Run Time: 93 mins
Free community event

2nd Annual Native American Theater Festival
2024-04-25 - 2024-05-05 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Bank of America Theatre, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
Opening Reception in the Cayetana Romero lobby and in front of the Bank of America Theatre:
*Thursday, April 25 at 7:30 pm
Theatrical Performance in the Bank of America Theatre:
Beauty Way: Into the Matriarchy
*Friday, April 26 at 7:30 pm
*Sunday, April 28 at 2:00 pm and 4:00 pm
*Friday, May 3 at 7:30 pm
*Saturday, May 4 at 7:30 pm
Staged Readings in the Wells Fargo Auditorium:
*Saturday, April 27 at 1:00 pm: The Woman Who Was Captured by Ghosts by Julie Pearson Littlethunder
*Saturday, April 27 at 3:00 pm: Gathering of Souls by Micheal Lente
*Sunday, May 5 at 1:00 pm: Blue Jay’s Canoe by Theresa May and Marta Clifford
*Sunday, May 5 a 3:00 pm: Gathering of Souls by Micheal Lente
Closing Reception will take place in the Cayetana Romero lobby and Wells Fargo Auditorium on:
*Sunday, May 5th at 4 pm
Two Worlds is reclaiming our identity through the arts! We are guided by shared Native experiences and we strive to develop ways of telling our stories through honest and creative expression. Our ensembles will continue to discover and give voice to the visions and stories of Native and Indigenous people around the world through performing, educating diverse communities, and providing mainstream culture with a positive representation of Native and Indigenous communities.
This year’s featured play is: “Beauty Way: Into the Matriarchy”. This play will be performed 5 times as the centerpiece of the festival. An interactive storytelling and multi-media performance featuring the narratives, experiences, and cultural history of Matriarchal Native and Indigenous and Chicana Women. Narrated by Spider Woman, a traditional Navajo deity; she unwebs the stories of these women who come up against everyday personal struggles, self-identity, and inequality in the world.
This production has been in works since 2017 and has been featured in several conferences such as Native Women Lead, Taos Storytelling festival, Q-Staff theatre, and The National Day of Racial Healing.
Beauty Way: Into the Matriarchy will be accompanied at the festival by several staged readings, conversations, Q & As, talkbacks, remarks, refreshments and more.
Theatrical Performances:
NHCC | Bank of America Theatre
$18 for adults’ w/ discounts for seniors 60 years or older, children 10 and under, and NHCC Foundation members.
Staged Readings:
NHCC | Wells Fargo Auditorium
$13 for adults’ w/ discounts for seniors 60 years or older, children 10 and under, and NHCC Foundation members.
Please let us know who will be attending below.
Learn more about the festival at www.twoworldsnm.org. The festival is proudly Co-sponsored by Two Worlds and the NHCC.

Cervantes Film Series: Relatos de la Resistencia: Querida Sara
2024-04-26 | Virtual
12:00 pm MST (available for 96 hours)
Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel Here:
Relatos de la Resistencia: Buscando un lugar en el mundo
The relationship between Patricia Franquesa, the director of this documentary, and Sara, the first cab driver in Afghanistan, is proposed to us as a story of friendship whose thread is united by the gaze in front of the camera, where we stand as spectators, but to which the protagonist of the documentary constantly speaks.
All the material filmed in front of this strong and confident woman, who is aware of being filmed and in the story, is offered to us as a tribute that acquires greater impact when we learn about the political and social evolution that took place and continues to take place in Afghanistan.
Synopsis: This is a moving portrait of Sara, the first woman cab driver in Afghanistan. Spanish filmmaker Patricia Franquesa captures the strength of a powerful woman who breaks through the barriers of a society marked by patriarchy. Sara has bright eyes, tireless in defending women’s rights and fighting to achieve what seemed impossible. It is an inspiring story of friendship between two women full of life, a hymn to empathy and dialogue between cultures: the circular tale of Sara’s life story turns from fear to love and from love to fear: a testimony of a reality that no longer exist.
Screening: Querida Sara | Director/s: Patricia Franquesa | Year: 2021 | Format: Digital | Running time: Largometraje – 60 min | Genre: Documental | Country: España, Serbia y Noruega | Original version: farsi, uzbeko e inglés | Subtitles: inglés, francés, portugués, italiano, español | Rated: SC

Relatos de la Resistencia: Buscando un lugar en el mundo, the strength of documentary filmmaking in Spain is a phenomenon with three decades of history. The work of the monographic festivals has been crucial to maintain its strength and validity among the public interested in the new expressive forms of cinema, but also among those who seek in the documentary to know the perspective and experiences of others, often very distant spatially, temporally, and culturally.
In collaboration with the DocsBarcelona festival, this online film series that stars the month of April on our Vimeo channel brings together four documentaries that allow us to meet people whose lives are marked by adventure, and not always in its most positive interpretation. In addition, the direction of these works tells us about the place from where we elaborate the stories of loss, but also those of survival and overcoming.
PROGRAM
April 5: La Chana (2017), by Lucija Stojevic
April 12: Los Bilbao (2022), by Pedro Speroni
April 19: Light Falls Vertical (2022), by Efthymia Zymvragaki
April 26: Querida Sara (2021), by Patricia Franquesa

Yjastros: Flamenco Fandanguero: Primos de la Raza Cósmica
2024-04-26 - 2024-04-27 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre, 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
8:00 pm Friday
4:00 pm Saturday
NOTE: Audiences are invited to a post show talk in the Albuquerque Journal Theatre with the artists immediately following each performance.
This April, don’t miss FLAMENCO FANDANGUERO: Primos de la Raza Cósmica, the brand-new work produced for Yjastros: The American Flamenco Repertory Company, made in collaboration among the company’s Artistic Director Joaquín Encinias, Choreographer Marisol Encinias, Theater Director Alejandro Tomás Rodriguez, flamenco musicians Vicente Griego, Isa Jurado, and Ángel Ruiz, and son jarocho musician Sinuhé Padilla, and celebrated son jarocho dancers, Patricio Hidalgo and Yaratzé Hidalgo.
FLAMENCO FANDANGUERO: Primos de la Raza Cósmica is a thrilling work of flamenco dance theatre by Yjastros: The American Flamenco Repertory Company, featuring over 30 musicians and dancers on stage!
$55, $65, $75, $85, & $95 w/ a $5 discount for seniors, students’ w/Id, children 12 years old and younger and NHCC members
FLAMENCO FANDANGUERO seeks to place in conversation distinct art forms that share a common ancestor, and create an unforgettable work of art. Reuniting the “primos hermanos” first cousins of flamenco and son jarocho, this captivating performance explores 21st century mestizaje, and Indo-Hispano, Chicano, and Latino identities and shared histories through flamenco and jarocho. Ultimately the work endeavors to create a unique and transcendent musical and dance experience that showcases the shared humanity and cosmic essence of son jarocho and flamenco, celebrating the beauty of our complex cultures and histories through the power, energy, and excitement of Flamenco.
This project was made possible by a National Dance Project grant.

Día de Familia: Día del Niño
2024-04-27 | Domenici Education Building, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
11:00 am – 3:00 pm
NHCC | Education Building
Join us for a day of celebrating the youth in our community during this free event for families of all ages and sizes!
Enjoy Nanny’s Petting Zoo, performances from Voces de Coronado and the National Institute of Flamenco, student films, and our inaugural Youth Art Market. Learn about birds and bugs with the US Forest Service. Make art, play, go on a StoryWalk and discover a variety of community resources from UNM Early Childhood Services Center, Explora, The Harwood and many more!
Performances:
11:30 am – Voces de Coronado
1:00 pm – National Institute of Flamenco
Activities:
Clay Creations
Pinwheels
Storywalk
Parachute Play
Free Books and Coloring Books
Food:
The Munchie Truck (11am – 1pm)
Happenings:
Youth Films
Nanny’s Petting Zoo
Youth Art Market
Wonder on Wheels Mobile Museum
Harwood Art Center
i9 Sports
US Forest Service
Explora
ABQ/BernCo Public Library
NM State Library
National Institute of Flamenco
UNM Early Childhood Services Center
Heat NM Bill Assistance
NM Museum of Natural History & Science
NM PBS
Free Community Event, generously supported by New Mexico Gas.

An Evening with Jimmy Santiago Baca
2024-04-27 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Bank of America Theatre, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
30th Anniversary of Blood In, Blood Out
Featuring Special Guest Melina Martinez
6:30 pm: Reception and Book Signing
7:30 pm: Readings
Join us for an evening with Jimmy Santiago Baca in celebration of the 30th anniversary of Blood In, Blood Out on Saturday, April 27 at 6:30 pm.
Located in the Bank of America Theatre, this event will feature a reception and book signing for the Blood In, Blood Out Coffee Table Book from 6:30 – 7:30 pm as well as readings featuring Melina Martinez and Jimmy Santiago Baca followed by Q&A from 7:30 – 8:30 pm.
This limited-edition book is a 30th anniversary tribute to the cult classic film, and features production materials with hundreds of unseen behind-the-scenes photographs and film stills shot by photographer Merrick Morton, paintings by the late San Antonio artist Adan Hernández, whose mural “Carnalismo” is shown in the film’s final scene, and original poems by screenwriter Jimmy Santiago Baca.
Free community event. Please let us know who will be attending using the link below. Funding is provided by AARP of Albuquerque and the Ford Foundation.

NHCC Foundation: Cinco de Mayo Run
2024-04-28 | NHCC | Education Building: Grand Hall, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102, United States
9:00 am: 10K
9:05 am: 5K
10:15 am: Kids K
Join RunFit and the National Hispanic Cultural Center Foundation (NHCCF) for our exciting Annual Cinco de Mayo Run! Whether you’re an avid runner or enjoy a leisurely walk, there’s something for everyone with options including a 10K Run, a 5K Run or Walk, and even a Kids K. But the fun doesn’t stop at the finish line – stay with us for Día de Salud, the NHCC Foundation’s annual health fair. It’s a day packed with health-focused activities, delicious food, and much more, making for a truly holistic experience.
This event is more than just a run; it’s a vital fundraiser for the NHCC Foundation. Our mission centers on supporting the diverse and rich cultural programs at the National Hispanic Cultural Center. From art exhibitions and educational workshops to vibrant performances and community outreach, the NHCC Foundation ensures that these programs continue to thrive and enrich our community. Without the support generated through events like this, the impactful programs at NHCC wouldn’t be possible.
We’re thrilled at the opportunity to share the beauty and cultural vibrancy of the National Hispanic Cultural Center with all of you. See you at the starting line!

NHCC Foundation: Día De Salud
2024-04-28 | NHCC | Education Building: Grand Hall, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102, United States
9:00 am – 2:00 pm
Following the Cinco de Mayo run, join us for our second annual Día De Salud health fair! Don’t miss this chance to take control of your health and wellness journey. Whether you’re looking for informative talks, interactive activities, or just a fun day out with the family, our Health Fair has something for everyone. Admission is FREE! Mark your calendar to bring your friends and family for a day of health and happiness featuring chair massages, blood pressure screenings, glucose checks, dental hygiene education, free lung screenings, pediatric immunizations, food demonstrations, music, and MORE!

Opera Southwest: Carmen – en español!
2024-05-04 - 2024-05-12 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre, 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
2:00 pm Saturday & Sunday
7:30 pm Wednesday & Friday
Music / Georges Bizet
Libretto / Henri Meilhac & Ludovic Halévy, Spanish translation by Eduardo De Bray
Head to the National Hispanic Cultural Center for one of the most popular operas of our time!
Opera Southwest and the NHCC present Carmen – en español! “Habanera” and “Toreador” are well-known arias that linger in your mind long after the performance is over. The controversial themes of rebellion, immorality, and the tragic death of the main character shocked French audiences when it was initially performed. The opera’s popularity and the main character’s notoriety left lasting impressions on audiences for decades.
The tale revolves around a passionate love triangle between Carmen, a seductive cigarette girl, Don Jose, a solider, and Escamillo, a handsome bullfighter. Despite Don Jose’s efforts to resist her charms, he succumbs to Carmen’s enchantment, resulting in his downfall and Carmen’s demise.
$22, $42, $63, $85, $105 with discounts for groups of 8 or more, anyone 30 years old and younger and Opera for All with a WIC or EBT card.

The presentation of Carmen will be in Spanish. The translation, by Eduardo de Bray, dates back to 1904 and comes from a Barcelona zarzuela company.
Running time: 2 hours 30 minutes, including one intermission.

Visual Arts Museum: First Sunday Free Admission
2024-05-05 | Visual Art Museum, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102, United States
10:00 am to 4:00 pm
On the first Sunday of every month, the Visual Arts Museum is free to all New Mexico residents!

Substance Prevention Resource and Empowerment Expo (SPREE)
2024-05-06 | NHCC | Education Building: Grand Hall, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102, United States
4:30 pm – 7:30 pm: DJ, Food Trucks and Resource Tables Open
5:00 pm – 5:30 pm: Welcome, Native Land Acknowledgement and Keynote Speaker Round 1
5:30 pm – 6:00 pm: Second Keynote Speaker and transition to Student Panel
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm: Student Panel
7:00 pm – 7:30 pm: Repeat of Keynote 1 and 2; Closing
Please join Bernalillo County, The City of Albuquerque, Albuquerque Public Schools, NM Department of Health, and the DEA in a groundbreaking collaborative event, the first annual Substance Prevention Resources and Empowerment Expo (SPREE).
Free community event
SPREE will be alive with:
– a live DJ
– FREE FOOD from local food trucks
– Hidden in Plain Sight Mobile Education Experience and Impaired Driving Cart Obstacle Course from NM National Guard.
– FREE Souvenir Event Bag and RAFFLE for prizes
– Extra credit for APS students who attend
– Indoor and outdoor resource tables with information and materials on substance
prevention, intervention/treatment and healthy alternatives to use.
– Student panel
– Keynote speakers and Interactive Workshops on current drug trends, social media
safety and how to talk to your child about substances.
– Narcan training and FREE distribution
Run time: 3 hours
*The event is a rental event, not an NHCC production. The title, content, photos/images and description for this event were provided to the NHCC by the organization renting the NHCC venue for the event. By serving as a venue and posting the event on its website, the NHCC is not endorsing any views expressed in the title or description of the event, nor is it endorsing the content of the event.
