Film
Free Summer Series Film Screening: The First Rainbow Coalition (2019)
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Wells Fargo Auditorium 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM6:00 pm: Food Trucks & Cash Bar 7:00 pm: Screening 8:00 pm: Director’s Talk & Q&A to immediately following screening. NHCC | Wells Fargo Auditorium Join us for a panel discussion with Filmmaker Ray Santisteban and Black Panther activist Aaron Dixon. The First Rainbow Coalition, Directed & Produced by Ray Santisteban, charts the history and legacy of a groundbreaking multi-ethnic coalition that rocked Chicago in the 1960s. Comprised of activists from the Black Panthers, the Young Patriots (southern whites), and the Young Lords (a former Puerto Rican street (more...)
Free Summer Series Film Screening: Utama (2022)
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Bank of America Theatre 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM5:00 pm: Food Truck & Cash Bar 5:30 pm -6:30 pm: Lindy Vision Live Performance 7:00 pm: Screening Q&A immediately following NHCC | Bank of America Theatre In the arid Bolivian highlands, an elderly Quechua couple has been living a tranquil life for years. While he takes their small herd of llamas out to graze, she keeps house and walks for miles with the other local women to fetch precious water. When an uncommonly long drought threatens everything, they know, Virginio and Sisa must decide whether to (more...)
Free Summer Series Film Screening: Stand and Deliver (1998) with Special Guests Lone Piñon
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Bank of America Theatre 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM5:00 pm: Food Truck & Cash Bar 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm: Lone Piñon Live Performance 7:00 pm: Screening NHCC | Bank of America Theatre Edward James Olmos stars as Jaime Escalante in this inspirational true story about a teacher and the unmotivated East Los Angeles high school students who he inspires, badgers, threatens and humors into learning the most demanding of all math sciences--calculus. But the accomplishment is so utterly fantastic that the students are accused of cheating. Given a choice to accept the allegation or (more...)
Film Screening: Bless Me Ultima
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Bank of America Theatre 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM5:00 pm: Food Truck & Cash Bar 7:00 pm: Screening Rudolfo Anaya’s beloved and iconic Bless Me, Ultima returns to the NHCC with Carl Franklin’s screen adaptation. Bless Me, Ultima is set in the 1940s in rural New Mexico, and tells the story of a young boy and the mysterious healer who opens his eyes to the wonders of the spiritual realm. As the entire world is plunged into war and Antonio Marez grapples with the harsh realities all around him, his life is forever changed by (more...)
Dark Red Film Festival
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Bank of America Theatre 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NMOctober 25-26 at the NHCC | Bank of America Theatre October 27 at The Guild Cinema 6:00 pm & 8:00 pm Friday 4:00 pm, 6:00 pm & 8:00 pm Saturday 6:00 pm & 8:00 pm Sunday Crafted by filmmakers with a passion for elevating the horror genre, the Dark Red Film Festival is a vibrant celebration of indie horror. Spanning three days, this festival will bring together a community of filmmakers and horror enthusiasts at two iconic Albuquerque venues. The event kicks off at The National Hispanic (more...)